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Survey of London Monograph 13 - Swakeleys, Ickenham

Year published

1933

Author

Walter H. Godfrey

Description

An account of the house built by Edmund Wright, Alderman of London, complete in 1638.

Sponsor

English Heritage

Source

Survey of London monographs (Secondary texts)

Places

London

Subjects

Intellectual, scientific and cultural

Periods

17th, 18th, 19th

Showing records 1 - 50 of 80

1
Members of the Survey Committee
IV-VI
2
Description of the plates and illustrations
VII-X
3
Preface
XI-XII
4
Swakeleys - Historical notes
1-21
5
Swakeleys - Architectural description
22-35
6
Appendix A - Bingley v. Cragg, 1616
36-38
7
Appendix B - Sir Edmund Wright's election as Lord Mayor
39-42
8
Appendix C - The screen and its busts
43-44
9
Index
45-50
10
Plate 1 (frontispiece) - An engraving of Swakeleys
1
11
Plate 2 - Family of Sir Robert Viner, 1673
2
12
Plate 3 - Block plan
3
13
Plate 4 - Ground plan
4
14
Plate 5 - First-floor plan
5
15
Plate 6 - Second-floor plan
6
16
Plate 7 - Elevation to the west
7
17
Plate 8 - Detail of entrance front
8
18
Plate 9 - Elevation to the south
9
19
Plate 10 - Elevation to the east
10
20
Plate 11 - Elevation to the north
11
21
Plate 12 - North-west front
12
22
Plate 13 - Entrance porch
13
23
Plate 14 - Details of entrance
14
24
Plate 15 - Views from the south and south-west
15
25
Plate 16 - South-east front
16
26
Plate 17 - Garden entrance
17
27
Plate 18 - Garden door
18
28
Plate 19 - North-east front
19
29
Plate 20 - North-east front
20
30
Plate 21 - Details of north-east front
21
31
Plate 22 - Entrance Hall and staircase sections
22
32
Plate 23 - Screen
23
33
Plate 24 - Screen
24
34
Plate 25 - Screen from the entrance passage
25
35
Plate 26 - Cartouches of arms on screen
26
36
Plate 27 - Fireplace in Hall
27
37
Plate 28 - Fireplace in Hall
28
38
Plate 29 - East wall of Hall
29
39
Plate 30 - South wall of Hall
30
40
Plate 31 - Details of Hall panelling
31
41
Plate 32 - Dining-room
32
42
Plate 33 - Dining-room
33
43
Plate 34 - Vista from south-west room
34
44
Plate 35 - Fireplace in south-west room
35
45
Plate 36 - Details of south-west room
36
46
Plate 37 - Details of north-west room
37
47
Plate 38 - Overmantels in north-west room
38
48
Plate 39 - Details of shutters in north-west room
39
49
Plate 40 - Detail of staircase
40
50
Plate 41 - Staircase, first flight
41
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