Finding aid for the Ernest Born architectural drawings of medieval aisled timber halls, ca. 1944-ca. 1981
Finding aid prepared by Hillary Brown.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Ernest Born architectural drawings of medieval aisled timber halls
Date (inclusive): ca. 1944-ca. 1981
Number: 920089
Creator/Collector:
Born, Ernest, 1898-
Physical Description:
800.0 items
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: Architect and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Architectural drawings document English, French, and Dutch
and Belgian vernacular buildings of the 13th and 14th centuries, including churches, tithe barns, manor halls, hospitals,
and market halls.
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Language: Collection material is in
English
Biographical/Historical Note
Ernest Born (1898-) was an architect, professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a frequent collaborator of
Walter Horn, whose related papers the repository also holds. One of their best-known collaborations resulted in the exhaustive
study,
The Plan of St. Gall, 1979. They also wrote on medieval timber hall structures in the 1965 publication,
Barns of the Abbey of Beaulieu at its granges of Great Coxwell & Beaulieu-St. Leonards.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Ernest Born architectural drawings of medieval aisled timber halls, ca. 1944-ca. 1981, Getty Research Institute, Research
Library, Accession no. 920089.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa920089
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1992 from the Born estate.
Processing History
Processed when acquired. Finer processing and arrangement by Hillary Brown, 1997.
Related Materials
Walter Horn Papers, 1917-1989, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 920087.
Related Material
Walter Horn papers, 1917-1989. Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 920087.
Scope and Content of Collection
A series of architectural drawings, executed in ink and pencil, of 13th and 14th centuries English, French, Dutch and Belgian
vernacular buildings, consisting of ground plans, site plans, structural details, and elevations, some 800 items in all, as
well as some photostats, photographs, and maps. Produced in collaboration with Walter Horn as part of an unpublished study
of medieval 3-aisled timber halls, they document churches, tithe barns, manor halls, hospitals, and market halls, representing
over fifty buildings, 30 English, 20 French, one Dutch, and one Belgian.
Arrangement note
The collection is arranged by countries, in 3 series:
Series I: Architectural drawings: French barns, ca. 1944-ca. 1981;
Series II. Architectural drawings: Dutch and Belgian barns, ca. 1944-ca. 1981;
Series III. Architectural drawings: English barns, ca. 1944-ca. 1981.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Barn of Great Coxwell (Great Coxwell, England)
Beaulieu Abbey
Church of St. James and St. Paul . (Marton, Cheshire, England)
Grange de Vaulerant (Seine-et-Oise, France)
Great Hall (Leicester Castle, Leicester, England)
St. Mary's Hospital (Chichester, England)
St. Oswald's Church (Lower Peover, England)
Ter Doest (Cistercian abbey : Lissewege, Belgium)
Subjects - Topics
Architecture, Medieval--England
Architecture, Medieval--France
Barns
Markets--England
Markets--France
Vernacular architecture--England
Vernacular architecture--France
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Maps
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Stats (copies)
Contributors
Horn, Walter William, 1908-1995
Series I.
Architectural drawings: French barns,
ca. 1944-ca. 1981
Physical Description:
20.0 oversized folders
ca. 216 items
Scope and Content Note
Drawings of French barns, churches, halls, and other vernacular timber hall buildings.
Folder 1
Halles de Arpajon (Seine er Oise), Market Hall
Physical Description:
9 items
Folder 2
Beauvais, Grange de Saint Lazare - Hospital Barn
Physical Description:
11 items
Folder 3
Canteloup Eure, Plan of the Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
11 items
Folder 4
Calvados, Market Hall, St. Pierre sur Dives
Physical Description:
10 items
Folder 5
Crémieu (Isère), Market Hall
Physical Description:
11 items
Folder 6
Dives-Sur-Mer (Calvados), Market Hall
Physical Description:
11 items
Folder 7
Egreville, Market Hall (Seine et Oise)
Physical Description:
4 items
Folder 8
Honfleur, St. Catherine's Church
Physical Description:
10 items
Folder 9
Maubuisson, Barn of Abbey Grange (Seine et Oise)
Physical Description:
6 items
Folder 10
Mereville, Market Hall
Physical Description:
10 items
Folder 11
Milly-la-Forêt, Abbey Barn
Physical Description:
16 items
Folder 12
Parcay Meslay (Indre-et-Loire), Abbey Barn
Physical Description:
35 items
Folder 13
Ter Doest
Physical Description:
27 items
Scope and Content Note
see also Series II
Folder 14
Perrières, Priory Barn
Physical Description:
5 items
Folder 15
La Halle de Questembert (Morbihan)
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 16
Grange of Vaulerand (Seine er Oise), Abbey Barn
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 17
Grange of Vaulerand (Seine er Oise), Abbey Barn
Physical Description:
11 items
Folder 18
Warnavillers Barn
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 19
Miscellaneous
Physical Description:
13 items
Folder 20
Miscellaneous
Physical Description:
5 items
Series II.
Architectural drawings: Dutch and Belgian barns,
ca. 1944-ca. 1981
Physical Description:
2.0 oversized folders
31 items
Scope and Content Note
Drawings of Dutch and Beligian barns.
Folder 21
Het Nederlandsch Openluchtmuseum, Netherlands
Physical Description:
4 items
Folder 22
Ter Doest, Abbey Barn (Lissewege, Flandre Occidentale, Belgium)
Physical Description:
27 items
Series III.
Architectural drawings: English barns,
ca. 1944-ca.1981
Physical Description:
54.0 oversized folders
ca. 566 items
Scope and Content Note
Drawings of English abbeys, halls, barns, and other structures, plus maps, tracings, photostats, and photocopies.
Folder 23
Abingdon, Abbey of Saint Mary
Physical Description:
8 items
Folder 24
Beaulieu St. Leonard (Hampshire), Abbey Grange
Physical Description:
1 item
Folder 25
Beaulieu St. Leonard (Hampshire), Abbey Grange
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 26
Beaulieu St. Leonard (Hampshire), Abbey Grange
Physical Description:
20 items
Folder 27
Black Notley, Stanton's Farm
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 28
Brendon (Worcestershire), Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
3 items
Folder 29
Chichester (Sussex), St. Mary's Hospital
Physical Description:
13 items
Folder 30
Chichester (Sussex), St. Mary's Hospital
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 31
Chichester (Sussex), Bishop's Palace, Kitchen
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 32
Cholsey (Berkshire), Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
9 items
Folder 33
Great Coxwell (Great Coxwell), Abbey Grange
Physical Description:
4 items
Folder 34
Great Coxwell (Great Coxwell), Abbey Grange
Physical Description:
9 items
Folder 35
Great Coxwell (Great Coxwell), Abbey Grange
Physical Description:
12 items
Folder 36
Great Coxwell (Great Coxwell), Abbey Grange
Physical Description:
4 items
Folder 37
Denham, Savoy House
Physical Description:
12 items
Folder 38
Drayton St. Leonards, Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 39
Frocester (Gloucestershire), Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
14 items
Folder 40
Harmondsworth (Middlesex), Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
8 items
Folder 41
Hereford, Bishops Palace
Physical Description:
6 items
Folder 42
Lampetts (Essex), Fyfield Hall
Physical Description:
12 items
Folder 43
Leicester Castle Hall (Leicestershire)
Physical Description:
3 items
Folder 44
Leicester Castle Hall (Leicestershire)
Physical Description:
29 items
Folder 45
Leicester Castle Hall (Leicestershire)
Physical Description:
41 items
Folder 46
Leicester Castle Hall (Leicestershire)
Physical Description:
14 items
Folder 47
Leicester Castle Hall (Leicestershire)
Physical Description:
6 items
Folder 48
Lenham (Kent), Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
6 items
Folder 49
Lenham (Kent), Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
45 items
Folder 50
Little Chesterford (Essex), Manor House
Physical Description:
16 items
Folder 51
Little Wymondley (Hertfordshire), Priory Barn
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 52
Little Wymondley (Hertfordshire), Priory Barn
Physical Description:
3 items
Folder 53
Lower Peover (Cheshire), St. Oswald Church
Physical Description:
4 items
Folder 54
Lower Peover (Cheshire), St. Oswald Church
Physical Description:
3 items
Folder 55
Marton (Cheshire), Church of St. James & St. Paul
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 56
Marton (Cheshire), Church of St. James & St. Paul
Physical Description:
3 items
Folder 57
Middle Littleton (Frocester) Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 58
Nettlestead Place (Kent) Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 59
Nettlestead Place (Kent) Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 60
Nettlestead Place (Kent) Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 61
Nettlestead Place (Kent) Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
1 item
Folder 62
Nurstead Court (Kent), Manor Hall
Physical Description:
23 items
Folder 63
Nurstead Court (Kent), Manor Hall
Physical Description:
6 items
Folder 64
Nurstead Court (Kent), Manor Hall
Physical Description:
3 items
Folder 65
Peterborough (Northamptonshire) Tithe Barn
Physical Description:
4 items
Folder 66
Ribbesford Church
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 67
Stokesay Castle (Shropshire)
Physical Description:
8 items
Folder 68
Stokesay Castle (Shropshire)
Physical Description:
7 items
Folder 69
Tiptofts Manor Hall (Saffron Walden, Essex)
Physical Description:
1 item
Folder 70
Tiptofts Manor Hall (Saffron Walden, Essex)
Physical Description:
12 items
Folder 71
Wells (Sommerset), Canon's Barn
Physical Description:
2 items
Folder 72
Palace of Westminister Hall
Physical Description:
5 items
Folder 73
Wickham - St. Paul's (Essex), Manor Barn
Physical Description:
1 item
Folder 74
Miscellaneous drawings and maps
Physical Description:
ca. 25 items
Folder 75
Omnibus file, drawings and photostats
Physical Description:
ca. 40 items
Folder 76
Dendrochronology file with tracings and photocopies
Physical Description:
ca. 66 items
