Add MS 78155

Althorp Papers. Vol. mmdccclv. Maps and plans of Wimbledon, co. Surr.

A. Italian architectural plans; [1764?]. No architect named. The plans were brought back from Italy by John, 1^st Earl Spencer in 1764 and may have been intended as designs for buildings in Wimbledon Park.

Ink on paper. Four sheets.

1. 'Tempio dela Sibila Tiburtina, A Tivoli'. Scale: 6 'Palmi Romani' to the inch. Elevation. 352 x 465mm.

2. 'Ponte di S. Ternita in Fiorenza'. Scale: approx. 16 feet to the inch [1:200]. Elevation and plan. 352 x 465mm.

3. 'Faciata dela Rotonda'. Scale: 20 'Palmi Romani' to the inch. Elevation. 352 x 465mm

4. 'Labarinto del Sig. prencipe altieri in Roma'. Scale: approx. 16 feet to the inch [1:200]. Plan. 352 x 465mm.

B. 'A Sketch of the town of Wimbledon with the lands adjoining belonging to The Right Honble John, Earl Spencer, Viscount Althorp', by ‘F.A.A.’ [Francis Aegidius Assiotti? (Eden/Bendall A179)]; 1776. Scale indeterminable. Detailed map depicting numbered plots of land and properties, referring to a key which sets out details of occupier or tenant, the type of property, and the terms of occupation. Presentation map.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 500 x 725mm.

C. Notice of the surrender by John and Ann Kittermaster of the lease of properties in Wimbledon; 20 Feb. 1787.

Paper; ff. 2.

D. Notice of the decision taken at a Court Leet and General Court Baron regarding George Ticknor’s application to enclose ground in the manor of Wimbledon; 1787-1790.

Paper; f. 1. 250 x 200mm.

E. 'Manor of Wimbledon. Mr Paterson’s Plan delivered in Court 3rd May 1790'; 1790. No surveyor named. Scale: 50 feet to the inch [1:600]. West at top. Sketch of land [to be enclosed?] alongside the Wandsworth-Merton road. Copper mills and neighbouring landowners' names marked.

Ink on paper. 320 x 400mm.

F. Plans of the Steward’s Lodge and stables, Wimbledon Park, by Samuel Wyatt; 1790. Scale: 8 feet to the inch [1:96].

Ink and watercolour on paper. Six plans pasted on three sheets, 763 x 558mm.

1. Steward's Lodge. Ground storey. 250 x 405mm.

2. Steward's Lodge. Bedchamber storey. 250 x 405mm.

3. Steward's Lodge. South front. 250 x 400mm.

4. Steward's Lodge. Back front. 250 x 400mm.

5. Stables. North west front. 215 x 370mm.

6. Stables. South east front. 215 x 370mm.

G. 'Plans, elevations, sections &c &c &c For Wimbledon Park, Seat of Earl Spencer, Surry', by Henry Holland; 1790, 1799-1800, n.d.

Ink and watercolour on paper. Six plans and related papers pasted onto five sheets 760 x 555mm.

1. Cover note with two seals; 1799. 210 x 385mm.

2. Watercolour of Wimbledon Park house, with two flaps attached at one side which can be lifted to show the effect of alterations to the façade; n.d. 110 x 180mm.

3. 'Plan of the Bedchamber Story'; 1799. 280 x 385mm.

4. 'Principal Elevation'; 1799. 280 x 385mm.

5. 'Plan of the Basement Story'; 1799. 280 x 385mm.

6. Letter from Samuel Wyatt to Thomas Harrison; 1790. Discusses alterations to the stables, the cost of the alterations, and encloses the plans. ff. 1. 215 x 340mm.

7. Plan of an un-named floor; 1800 742 x 487mm.

8. 'Plan of the Principal Floor'; 1800. 705 x 503mm.

H. Plans of Wimbledon; 1791, n.d.

Two plans on one sheet 520 x 760mm.

1. 'Plan of [Mr] Aguilar's enclosure Wimbledon A.D. 1791'; 1791. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:552]. Depicts Mr Aguilar's gardens and enclosure, cottages belonging to other people, the road to Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon Workhouse, and Wimbledon Charity School. Ink on paper. 195 x 320mm.

2. Plan of land [in Wimbledon?]; [18^th cent.?]. No surveyor named. Scale: 15 feet to the inch [1:180]. Depicts cottages, stables, yard sheds, church and existing and proposed new churchyard, and Kingston Road. Ink and watercolour on paper. 520 x 390mm.

I. 'Manor of Wimbledon. Plan of the Ground inclosed in Roehampton Lane, deliverd in Court 7th May 1798'; 1798. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:300]. West at top. Depicts the land enclosed and neighbouring owners' names.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 320 x 390mm.

J. 'Plan of a small Piece of Ground in the front of The Right Honble Lady Haddo’s Wimbledon; [18th cent.?]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:192]. Sketch of piece of ground to be enclosed. Annotated on verso "Plan of W. Walford's proposed inclosure at Wimbledon rejected at adjourned Court held 31^st May 1794".

Ink on paper. 230 x 183mm.

K. Plan of intended new road, Wimbledon; [1822?]. No surveyor named. Scale: 1/2 a chain to the inch [1:396]. Depicts the course of the existing and new roads, neighbouring landowners' names and Wimbledon Common.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 240 x 360mm.

L. Sketch plan of land around Wimbledon Common; [18^th cent.?]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:6336]. North at top. Rough sketch depicting Wimbledon Common, Wimbledon Town, Putney South Common, the Kingston-London road, Roehampton, and the Earl of Bessborough's lands. Draft.

Ink on linen. 545 x 450mm.

M. 'Wimbledon Park 1813' by John Preston Neale (b.1780, d.1847); [1813?]. Two drawings of Wimbledon Park.

Ink and pencil on paper. Two drawings, each 135 x 210mm, mounted in card frame 430 x 330mm.

N. 'Manor of Wimbledon. Felix Calvert Ladbroke to Chas. King. Esquire. Draft. Surrender of a messuage and premises held of the manor of Wimbledon'; 1819.

Paper; ff. 3. 405 x 255mm.

O. ‘Surry and Sussex Turnpike Trust March 17th 1824. Plan and Sections for a proposed new line of Road on the southside of the present Road over Robin Hood Hill on the Kingston Road’, signed C.R. Palmer, Chairman; 1824. Scale: 1.5 chains to the inch [1:1188]. South east at top. Cross section and plan of the new road, depicting the ownership of the land through which it will travel. Attached: ‘A Reference to the Plan of the New Line of Road and Lands Adjoining on Kingston Hill’; 1825. Table naming all the plots of land through which the new road will pass and detailing the size of each plot.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 542 x 147mm.

P. 'Statement of the quantity of Land necessary to be purchased in each enclosure for the purpose of the new Road and Slope through Earl Spencer's property on the south side of the present Road, at Robin Hood Hill, Kingston Road'; [1824?].

Paper; ff. 2. 320 x 202mm.

Q. 'Plan of Wimbledon Park 1839' by Alexander Rainy; 1839. Scale: 500 feet to the inch [1:6000]. North at top. Depicts the park, centred on the lake, roads and railway lines, the boundary of Wandsworth and Wimbledon parishes, the River Wandle, individual properties, woodland and named fields. Two sheets.

Printed. 440 x 360mm. Two copies.

R. Plan of land between Wimbledon Common and Merton, by Charles Lee; 1843. No scale given [approx. 1:4125]. North at top. Depicts numbered plots of land, with a key detailing occupier, field name, and size of each plot. Roads also depicted. Draft.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 440 x 530mm.

S. Untitled plan of land to be enclosed in Wimbledon, by Charles Lee; 1843. Scale: 30 feet to the inch [1:360]. Land to be enclosed by a fence is shown in red. The outer edge of the ditch and the location of the existing fences is also marked. The names of the landholders are given.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 560 x 880mm.

T. 'Plan of London, Scottish and Civil Service Rifle Ranges on Wimbledon Common', by Thomas Scott; 1861. No scale given [approx. 1:900]. Basic drawing of the ranges and distances. Ink on waxed linen. 470 x 1090mm.

U. Plan of land between Richmond Park and Wimbledon Park, by Charles Lee; 1864. Scale: 7 chains to the inch [1:5544]. North at top. Plan of large expanse of land bordered by Richmond Park and Kingston Road to the north, Beverley Brook to the west, Wimbledon Park to the east, and Caesar’s Camp to the south. The land is divided into three sections: A to be enclosed for a park; B to be sold to pay expenses; C to be sold afterwards should further money be needed.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 881 x 716mm.

V. 'Wimbledon Common. Proposed Improvements' by Charles Lee; 1864. Scale: 600 feet to the inch [1:7200]. North at top. Depicts land to be appropriated for a park, land to be sold to defray expenses, land to be sold if the initial sale is insufficient, and land to be sold if that also is insufficient to defray costs. Depicts the main topographical features of the area: Caesar's Camp, Beverley Brook, Wimbledon Green, also existing and proposed new roads, rifle butts, parish boundaries, water works, and the Duke of Cambridge's land. Includes a key to the numbers on the plan. Note refers to a larger version of the plan used as part of the Wimbledon Common Bill 1865.

Printed, with watercolours. 330 x 200mm. Two sheets.

W. 'Ground plan and elevations of sundry new erections of buildings proposed to be erected at Wimbledon for The Right Honourable Earl Spencer, K.G.'; 1866. No architect named. Scale: 10 feet to the inch [1:120]. Plans of stables, yards, engine house, dairyman's house, cottages, calving boxes, piggeries, and hospital.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 600 x 985mm.

X. 'Wimbledon, Surrey. About seven miles from London and the bridges. Particulars of an exceedingly valuable and important freehold building property, known as "The Cowdrey Estate." For sale by Messrs Driver'; 1872. Sale schedule detailing the particulars of the dwellings and the 352 acres of land for sale including the size of each plot in the nine blocks for sale.

Printed; ff. 6. 410 x 260mm.

1. f. 2 'Plan of an exceedingly valuable and important freehold building estate situate in the Parish of Wimbledon in the County of Surrey for sale by Messrs Driver'; 1872. Surveyed by Messrs Driver. No scale given [approx. 1:2683]. North at top. Highly detailed map of the area depicting all the land and dwellings to be sold, with sizes of each block, existing and proposed new streets, railway lines and stations, roads, copper works, the River Wandle, public houses, sewers, churches, individual properties, landowners' names, and Wimbledon Park. Printed, with watercolours to depict the blocks for sale. 880 x 950mm.

2. f. 3 a printed key plan "shewing the relative position of the Cowdrey Estate to London and the suburbs". 410 x 260mm.

Y. Plan of ground to be enclosed, by T. Nicholls; [aft. 1803]. Scale: 2.5 chains to the inch [1:1980]. South at top. Depicts common and bog between the Kingston and Roehampton roads in Wimbledon with details of size of the area of common land.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 325 x 265mm.

Z. Sketch plan of land around Wimbledon Common; [19^th cent.?]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:66000]. Depicts the Common, Wimbledon, footpaths and bridleways, the Kingston-Merton road, and neighbouring land owned by George Grosvenor.

Ink on waxed linen. 400 x 460mm.

AA. Sketch plan of land near the Crystal Palace railway, [Wimbledon]; [19^th cent.?]. No surveyor named. Scale: 44.4 yards to the inch [1:1598]. Depicts ponds, gravel pit, spoil bank, land sold to Messrs Laurie and Slight, centre of the railway, and roads.

Ink and watercolour on waxed linen. 250 x 805mm.

BB. 'References to the Plan of Wimbledon Park'; [between 1760-1830]. Numbered key listing the names of the plots of land, the type of field, and sizes.

Paper; f. 1. 420 x 390mm.

CC. Plan of lands around Wimbledon Park; [aft. 1825]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:7310]. North west at top. Depicts the Southampton-London railway passing through land owned by Earl Spencer and others, the depth of the railway cuttings, oil mills on the River Wandle, Wimbledon House, and the pond in Wimbledon Park. With a key detailing the amount of land given over to the railway.

Ink and watercolour on paper. 405 x 510mm.

DD. Rough sketch of land in Wimbledon; [aft. 1863]. No surveyor named. No scale given [approx. 1:5657]. Depicts Wimbledon Village and train station, and plots of land, with owners' or occupiers' names at the junction with Lingfield Road.

Ink on paper. 340 x 210mm.

EE. Various house plans; [aft. 1826]. No architect named. Location not specified.

Pencil, ink, and watercolour on paper. Four plans pasted on three sheets, max. 555 x 760mm, min. 520 x 760mm.

1. Untitled section [?]. Scale indeterminable. Marked '? Wimbledon'. 297 x 390mm.

2. Untitled front elevation. Scale indeterminable. Marked 'Wimbledon'. 215 x 370mm.

3. Untitled front and side elevations, and plan views. Scale indeterminable. 425 x 558mm.

4. Untitled front elevation and plan view. Scale: 4 feet to the inch [1:48]. Marked 'Taylor's Plan'. 465 x 353mm.