Elevation for the east end of the new church at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire: No. 5
Henry Flitcroft (1697 - 1769)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1748
Materials
Pen and ink with grey wash
Measurements
439 x 273 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206289
Summary
Henry Flitcroft (Twiss Green, Cheshire 1697 – Hampstead 1769). Elevation for the east end of the new church at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire: No. 5, c.1748, inscribed 'No.5', 'The East End', signed 'H. Flitcroft', pen and ink with grey wash (439 x 273mm), scale given, watermark: Fleur-de-lis over LVC.
Full description
Flitcroft provided interest and modelling to the east wall with a blind Venetian window. This was opened up in 1834-5 to allow for the insertion of a panel of stained glass, moved from the window above the south door (NT 206367). Catalogue entry adapted from David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007
Provenance
Sir Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, PC, FRS, (1690-1764); 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, centre: No.5 Above scale: The East End Left hand side: H Flitcroft [Henry Flitcroft] Watermark: Fleur-de-lis over LVC
Makers and roles
Henry Flitcroft (1697 - 1769) , architect
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p.45, no. 62