English School, circa 1820
English School, circa 1820

Designs for Commissioners' Churches: Plans and West Front elevations (5)

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English School, circa 1820
Designs for Commissioners' Churches: Plans and West Front elevations (5)
all annotated with notes and scale
pencil, pen and ink and grey and ochre wash, on paper
11 1/8 x 15 in. (28.3 x 38.1 cm.), and smaller
Together with An Elevation of a City of London Club House; and Section drawings of an unidentified church (2) (8)
Exhibited
Nottingham University Art Gallery and Newark-on-Trent Museum and Art Gallery, Architectural Drawings from the Collection of Sir Albert Richardson, 1968, no. 40.
Sale room notice
Please note that the quantity for the above designs should read 4 and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

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Lot Essay

These designs relate to the Church Building Act passed by Parliament in 1818, which granted a million pounds for the establishment of new ecclesiastical buildings in Britain. The task of allocating this grant was assigned to a delegation of churchmen better known as the Church Building Commission. The leading designers called upon by the Commission included Sir John Soane, Sir Robert Smirke, Thomas Hardwick, William Wilkins and Charles Robert Cockerell.

We are grateful to Stephen Astley, Helen Dorey and Susan Palmer and the rest of the team at the Sir John Soane's Museum, London for all their assistance with the group of 18th and 19th century architectural drawings and designs.

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