Sketch, elevation and part plan for an entrance gate with flanking lodges at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
attributed to The Hon. Thomas Liddell (1800-1856)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1847
Materials
Pen and ink
Measurements
192 x 232 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206254
Summary
The Hon. Thomas Liddell (here attributed). Sketch, elevation and part plan for an entrance gate with flanking lodges at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, c.1847, inscribed 'Plan for Gate at Wimpole', pen and ink (192 x 232mm), watermark: J. Whatman 1834.
Full description
The ornate gate screen is flanked by towers with ogival roofs and adjoining, shallow pitch-roofed pavilions. Catalogue entry adapted from David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007
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
Beneath elevation: Plan for gate at Wimpole Watermark: J.Whatman 1834
Makers and roles
attributed to The Hon. Thomas Liddell (1800-1856), architect
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.126, no. 263