Elevation showing trellising of the north wall and semicircular bay of the Conservatory at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Humphry Repton (1752 - 1818)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Pen and ink with grey wash
Measurements
303 x 390 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206220
Summary
Humphry Repton (Bury St Edmunds 1752 – Romford 1818) and John Adey Repton (Norwich 1775 - Springfield 1860). Elevation showing trellising of the north wall and semi-circular bay of the Conservatory at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, c.1809, inscribed 'TRELLIS WORK proposed for finishing the Interior COVE of CONSERVATORY', pen and ink with grey wash (303 x 390mm).
Full description
This presentation drawing shows how trellis work might frame and line the coved projection on the north side of the conservatory. The cove, with its double, glazed door to the gardens at the north side was to provide symmetry to the remodelled building and focus to the cross-path. The earlier idea that an apse in the north wall might contain an aviary is abandoned here in favour of the practicalities of moving from one part of the garden to another. Catalogue entry adapted from David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007
Provenance
Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, KG, MP, FRS, FSA, (1757–1834); bequeathed by Elsie Kipling, Mrs George Bambridge (1896 – 1976), daughter of Rudyard Kipling, to the National Trust together with Wimpole Hall, all its contents and an estate of 3000 acres.
Marks and inscriptions
Below drawing: TRELLIS WORK proposed for finishing the Interior COVE of CONSERVATORY
Makers and roles
Humphry Repton (1752 - 1818), architect John Adey Repton (Norwich 1775 – Springfield 1860), architect
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.109, no. 208