Design for a 16ft. cattle bridge for the Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire, with three alternative designs for gating the ends
Cottam and Hallen
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1842
Materials
Paper and ink
Measurements
447 x 436 mm
Place of origin
Winsley Street [W.1]
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206243.1
Summary
Cottam and Hallen, Design for a 16ft. cattle bridge for the Wimpole Estate, Cambridgeshire, with three alternative designs for gating the ends, c.1842, inscribed 'Design for 16ft Bridge' and 'Cottam and Hallen, London', pen and ink with wash (447 x 436mm), scale given.
Provenance
Charles Philip Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke (1799 - 1873); 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
Top right: Design for 16ft Bridge Bottom right: Cottam & Hallen / London
Makers and roles
Cottam and Hallen , agricultural equipment manufacturer
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.155, appendix