Description of plates

Survey of London: Volume 16, St Martin-in-The-Fields I: Charing Cross. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1935.

Citation:

'Description of plates', in Survey of London: Volume 16, St Martin-in-The-Fields I: Charing Cross, ed. G H Gater, E P Wheeler( London, 1935), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol16/pt1/ix-xv [accessed 23 November 2024].



PLATE
1.	(a) The old Horse Guards from the Parade; (b) the old Horse Guards from Whitehall	(a) From water-colour drawing by Taylor, preserved in the Guildhall Library; (b) from "Vue du Palais Royall de Whitehall comme il est à présent, 1724, "J. Kip, del. et sc., in the Crace Collection, British Museum.
2.	The old Horse Guards, plans of ground and first floors	From drawings in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
3.	A perspective view of the west front of the Royal Building for His Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards	From engraving by John Vardy in the Bodleian Library.
4.	Horse Guards, elevation to the parade	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
5.	The proposed Horse Guards, plan	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
6.	(a) The proposed Horse Guards, elevation; (b) Horse Guards, plan of first floor (1847)	From drawings in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
7.	The proposed Horse Guards, alternative treatments of Guard Boxes	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
8.	The proposed Horse Guards, plans of central block	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
9.	The proposed Horse Guards, section through central block	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
10.	The proposed Horse Guards, elevation of north front	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
11.	The proposed Horse Guards, sectional elevation, looking south	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
12.	Horse Guards (1847): (a) section through centre looking north; (b) sectional elevation, looking west	From drawings in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
13.	Horse Guards, elevations of stables block	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
14.	Horse Guards, sections of north stable block	From drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
15.	Horse Guards, elevation to Parade	Photograph.
16.	Horse Guards, elevation of central block to Parade	Photograph.
17.	Horse Guards, central block, entrance to covered way from Parade	Photograph.
18.	Horse Guards, general view from Whitehall	Photograph.
19.	Horse Guards, central block and courtyard from Whitehall	Photograph.
20.	Horse Guards: (a) view of cupola taken from roof of Paymaster-General's Office; (b) general view of covered way, looking towards the Parade	Photographs.
21.	Horse Guards: (a) general view from Whitehall, looking north-west; (b) view in courtyard, looking north	Photographs.
22.	Horse Guards: (a) room No. 112, formerly stables; (b) newel to basement stairs	Photographs.
23.	Horse Guards, Commander-in-Chief's room, formerly the Levée Room	Photographs.
24.	Horse Guards, Commander-in-Chief's room, portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte	Photographs.
25.	Horse Guards: (a) vestibule on first floor; (b) interior of cupola, looking upwards from vestibule	Photographs.
26.	Horse Guards, general view of library	Photograph.
27.	Horse Guards: (a) room No. 46, recess; (b) room No. 58, general view	Photographs.
28.	Horse Guards, rooms Nos. 63 and 103	Photographs.
29.	Horse Guards, mantelpieces in rooms Nos. 46 and 65	Photographs.
30.	Horse Guards, mantelpieces in rooms Nos. 68 and 110	Photographs.
31.	Whitehall from the north circa 1750	From oil painting by S. Scott, reproduced by kind permission of the Most Hon. the Marquess of Sligo.
32.	Paymaster-General's Office, elevation to Whitehall	Photograph.
33.	Paymaster-General's Office, elevation to Whitehall	Measured drawing.
34.	Paymaster-General's Office, elevation to the park	Photograph.
35.	Paymaster-General's Office, elevation to the park	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
36.	Paymaster-General's Office, plans of ground and first floors	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
37.	Paymaster-General's Office: (a) southern elevation overlooking Horse Guards stable yard; (b) room No. 10, general view	Photographs.
38.	Paymaster-General's Office, detail of panelling in Room No. 5 before the windows were altered in the rebuilding of the western wall	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
39.	Paymaster-General's Office, plan of large room in house on site of northern annexe, showing panelling	From drawing preserved in the Westminster Public Library.
40.	Paymaster-General's Office, PaymasterGeneral's room: (a) general view from north; (b) north end	Photographs.
41.	Paymaster-General's Office: (a) lobby to Paymaster-General's room; (b) grandfather clock in room No. 14.	Photographs.
42.	Paymaster-General's Office, chimney-pieces in rooms Nos. 11 and 25	Photographs.
43.	Paymaster-General's Office: (a) main staircase, general view; (b) front staircase, second-floor landing	Photographs.
44.	Paymaster-General's Office, attic staircase leading out of room No. 33, second floor	Photograph.
45.	Admiralty House, plans of ground, first and second floors	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
46.	Admiralty House, elevation towards Whitehall and cross-section	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
47.	Admiralty House, elevation to Whitehall	Photographs.
48.	Admiralty House: (a) entrance hall; (b) dining-room	Photographs.
49.	Admiralty House, inner hall: (a) view showing stove in niche; (b) view to staircase	Photographs.
50.	Admiralty House: (a) dining-room, window; (b) boudoir, mantelpiece	Photographs.
51.	Admiralty House, dining-room, portrait of Pepys	Photograph.
52.	Admiralty House, drawing-room, general view	Photograph.
53.	Admiralty House: (a) drawing-room, looking towards mantelpiece; (b) library, general view	Photographs.
54.	Admiralty House, mantelpieces in diningroom and south drawing-room (formerly music-room)	Photographs.
55.	Admiralty House: (a) vestibule on first floor; (b) reception room	Photographs.
56.	Admiralty House: (a) dressing-room, end treatment; (b) reception-room, Venetian window	Photographs.
57.	Admiralty House, mantelpieces in receptionroom and state bedroom	Photographs.
58.	(a) The First Admiralty, circa 1696; (b) the Admiralty in 1731 showing stone wall	(a) From pen-and-ink drawing preserved in the Westminster Public Library; (b) from engraving by T. Bowles in the Crace Collection, British Museum.
59.	The Admiralty in 1775, showing newly erected screen	From engraving by D. Cunego in The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam (1778).
60.	The Admiralty, general view from Whitehall	Photograph.
61.	The Admiralty, view of the screen looking north-west	Photograph.
62.	The Admiralty, view in courtyard	Photograph.
63.	The Admiralty, ground-floor plan, 1793	From drawing in the possession of the Admiralty.
64.	The Admiralty, first-floor plan, 1896	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
65.	The Admiralty, original design by Robert Adam for the new screen, 1760: (a) fronting towards Whitehall; (b) fronting towards the court, and plan	From the original drawings by Robert Adam in the possession of the Admiralty.
66.	The Admiralty, entrance hall: (a) showing mantelpiece; (b) showing Nelson statue	Photographs.
67.	The Admiralty: (a) the northern staircase; (b) skylight to southern staircase	Photographs.
68.	The Admiralty: (a) the Captains' Room; (b) room No. 63 on first floor	Photographs.
69.	The Admiralty, Board Room, general view of southern wall	Photograph.
70.	The Admiralty, Board Room, general view showing mantelpiece	Photograph.
71.	The Admiralty, Board Room, fireplace and wind-dial	Photograph.
72.	The Admiralty, Board Room, detail of winddial	Photograph.
73.	The Admiralty, Board Room, portrait of William IV	Photographs.
74.	The Admiralty, Board Room, portrait of Nelson	Photograph.
75.	The Admiralty, Board Room, oil paintings by Vandevelde	Photographs.
76.	The Admiralty, Board Room; (a) heads of verges; (b) grandfather clock	Photographs.
77.	The Admiralty: (a) corridor on first floor; (b) room No. 56	Photographs.
78.	The Admiralty: (a) mantelpiece in room No. 65; (b) room No. 55	Photographs.
79.	The Admiralty, view of the telegraph erected in 1796	From engraving published by S. W. Fores, 1796.
80.	Charing Cross, etc., before the street improvements of circa 1760	From engraving in J. T. Smith's Antiquities of Westminster.
81.	Nos. 37 to 41, Charing Cross	Photograph.
82.	Nos. 37 to 41, Charing Cross, elevation and section	Copied from drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works.
83.	(a) Nos. 29 and 31, Spring Gardens; (b) No. 31, Spring Gardens, staircase	Photographs.
84.	Lead cisterns from Spring Gardens	Measured drawing.
85.	North Charing Cross in 1720–23	From engraving by Sutton Nicholls preserved in the Westminster Public Library.
86.	North Charing Cross circa 1740	Reproduced by kind permission of the London Topographical Society.
87.	North Charing Cross in 1810	From sketch drawing by W. Capon, preserved in the Westminster Public Library.
88.	(a) No. 53, Charing Cross, looking northeast from Spring Gardens; (b) No. 21, Spring Gardens and No. 53, Charing Cross, looking north-west	Photographs.
89.	View looking south from Trafalgar Square, showing buildings in Charing Cross (1896)	Photograph.
90.	Nos. 11, 13 and 15, Spring Gardens	Photograph.
91.	Nos. 21 to 24, Cockspur Street	Photograph.
92.	Scotland Yard, etc., in 1670	From Vertue's version of the Plan of Whitehall in 1670, published in 1747, in the Council's collection of prints and water-colours.
93.	Scotland Yard in 1816	Based upon a plan in the possession of H.M. Commissioners of Crown Lands.
94.	Carrington House in 1886: (a) elevation to Whitehall; (b) elevation to Whitehall Yard	From pencil drawings by J. P. Emslie in the Council's collection of prints and water-colours.
95.	Carrington House, section and ground plan	From print after Francis Hooper in the Council's collection of prints and water-colours.
96.	No. 1, Whitehall and Nos. 1 and 2, Whitehall Place (1907), elevation to Whitehall	Photograph.
97.	No. 1, Whitehall and Nos. 1 and 2, Whitehall Place, elevation to Whitehall	Measured drawing.
98.	No. 1, Whitehall, design by Robert Adam	From original drawing by Robert Adam in the Council's collection of prints and water-colours.
99.	Gateway from Whitehall to Great Scotland Yard, as existing and as proposed in 1818	From water-colour drawing by Thos. Leverton and Thos. Chawner in the Council's collection of prints and water-colours.
100.	No. 1, Whitehall and Nos. 1 and 2, Whitehall Place, plans of ground and first floors	Measured drawing.
101.	Nos. 3 to 7, Whitehall Place	Photograph.
102.	Premises in Whitehall Place (1840), ground plan	Copied from drawings in the possession of H.M. Commissioners of Crown Lands.
103.	Old Guard Room, Scotland Yard: (a) general view; (b) detail of roof	(a) From water-colour drawing by F. Shepherd preserved in the Westminster Public Library; (b) from drawing (May, 1817) preserved in the Westminster Public Library.
104.	Harrington House, elevation to Craig's Court	Photograph.
105.	Harrington House: (a) elevation to Craig's Court; (b) ground plan	(a) Copy of drawing in the possession of H.M. Office of Works; (b) drawing.
106.	Harrington House: (a) entrance hall; (b) staircase	Photographs (from drawings) lent by H.M. Office of Works. (fn. n1)
107.	Harrington House: (a) staircase at first-floor landing; (b) staircase and entrance hall	Photographs.
108.	Harrington House, wooden mantelpiece from room on first floor	Photograph lent by H.M. Office of Works. (fn. n1)
109.	(a) Nos. 8 and 9, Craig's Court, elevation facing east; (b) Nos. 8–10, Craig's Court, ground plan	(a) Photographs; (b) measured drawing.
110.	Site of Nos. 9 to 28, Charing Cross (now Nos. 1 to 39, Whitehall) in 1610	From the reproduction by the London Topographical Society of plan in the Public Record Office. (fn. n2)
111.	Hogarth's "Night" (1738)	From engraving kindly lent by Mr. J. H. MacDonnell, F.R.S.A.
112.	The Charing Cross, two views	(a) From drawing preserved in the Crowle-Pennant Collection, British Museum; (b) from drawing preserved in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge.
113–4.	Designs (3) for pedestal for statue of King Charles I	From drawings preserved in the Wren Collection in the Library of All Souls' College, Oxford.
115.	The statue of King Charles I	Photographs (2).
116.	The pedestal of the statue of King Charles I	Measured drawing.
117.	The Pillory at Charing Cross	From engraving by Rowlandson and Pugin in Ackermann's Microcosm of London (1809).