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Add MS 89290/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003391602
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003391600
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053149211.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89290/2
- Title:
- Plans and designs
- Scope & Content:
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‘Design of Tittenhanger & Pondside’. Pen and ink plan of gardens and pond, with part of house and moat. Half the folio is missing. 18th century?
Design for dog kennels. Recto: front elevation (pen and ink and watercolour) and plan, with measurements for dog house, yards and storage areas. Verso: Sketch (pen and ink and watercolour). 18th-19th century.
Letter from John Soane to Earl of Hardwicke regarding Wimpole Lodge, 21 August 1806.
Letter from James Pilton Wire Manufactory, Kings Road, Chelsea, to Lady Hardwicke, regarding deer-proof and lamb-proof wire fences, 20 October 1806.
Plan for a chapel, with floor-plan, elevation, costs of brickwork, bell-tower, etc. (floor space 37 feet 8 inches by 23 feet 6 inches; 14 feet from floor to ceiling). Docket title: ‘Tittenhanger [illegible]’. 18th-19th century.
Letter from James Nasmyth, Bridgewater Foundry, Patricroft, near Manchester, 25 October 1851. Thanks for recommendation to Mr Saunders in reference to the application of screw[?] engines to his fishing smacks, plans to discuss the design with him in London, problems with the workforce (‘We are sadly tormented just now by the scoundrell workmen. They are trying their vile union tricks again’).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003391600
040-003391602 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89290 : Estate papers of the Earls of Hardwicke relating to Wimpole and other properties
Add MS 89290/2 : Plans and designs - Hierarchy:
- 032-003391600[0003]/040-003391602
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89290
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 5 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century-Early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Nasmyth, James, 1808-1890
Soane, John, architect, 1753-1837
Yorke, Philip, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke - Subjects:
- Architectural Plans and Elevations
- Places:
- Tittenhanger, Hertfordshire
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire