A Survey of the Park at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
Robert Withers (fl.1815 - 1830) and Bradbury Last (fl.1815)
Category
Architecture / Drawings
Date
circa 1815
Materials
Pen and ink with coloured washes
Measurements
560 x 645 mm
Place of origin
Cambridgeshire
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206295
Summary
Robert Withers (fl.1815 - 1830) and Bradbury Last (fl.1815). A Survey of the Park at Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, c.1815, inscribed in a decorative cartouche at bottom right 'Wimpole Park and Farm situate in The Parishes of Wimpole and Arrington, and COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE; the Property of the Right Honourable Philip Earl of Hardwicke, BT.', 'Scale of 8 Chains to an Inch', 'Surveyed by Robert Withers', and 'Map'd by B. Last, Whepstead', pen and ink with coloured washes (560 x 645mm), the north-west corner is missing, scale: 8 chains to 1 inch.
Full description
This is probably the map that Robert Withers made in 1815 and which he refers to in the introductory comments to the bound volume of fourteen Wimpole estate maps dated 1828. Of interest here are Stuart's Hill House, shown surrounded by a garden and palisade fence, and the ice-house at the northern end of the 'One and a half Avenue'. The church is not shown in plan and appears to have been sketched in as an afterthought in its medieval form. Catalogue entry adapted from David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007
Provenance
The gift of Miss J McNeice and her brother, Mr McNeice, 1983
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right in a cartouche: Wimpole Park and Farm situate in The Parishes of Wimpole and Arrington, and COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE; the Property of the Right Honourable Philip Earl of Hardwicke, BT Lower left hand side: Scale of 8 Chains to an Inch Bottom left and right: Surveyed by Robert Withers / Map'd by B. Last, Whepstead
Makers and roles
Robert Withers (fl.1815 - 1830) and Bradbury Last (fl.1815), surveyor Robert Withers (fl.1815 - 1830), surveyor Bradbury Last, cartographer Robert Withers (fl.1815 - 1830) and Bradbury Last (fl.1815), cartographer
References
Adshead 2007: David Adshead, Wimpole Architectural drawings and topographical views, The National Trust, 2007, p. 112, no. 220 Adshead 2000, David Adshead, 'A Modern Italian Loggia at Wimpole Hall', The Georgian Group Journal, vol. X, 2000, pp.150-63 Bendall 1992: Sarah A. Bendall, Maps, Land and Society: a history, with a carto-bibliography of Cambridgeshire estate maps, c.1600 - 1836, Cambridge, 1992., p.338, cat. WMPP81501-WMP