INVENTORY OF THE WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD ARCHITECTURAL AND
DESIGN DRAWINGS, ca. 1838-1892
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INVENTORY OF THE WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD ARCHITECTURAL AND
DESIGN DRAWINGS, ca. 1838-1892.
Accession no. 850998
Finding aid prepared by Alan Tomlinson and J. Gibbs
Getty Research Institute
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- Research Library
- Special Collections and Visual Resources
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- Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
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1999
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©2006 J. Paul Getty Trust
Descriptive Summary
Title: William Butterfield
architectural and design drawings
Date (inclusive): 1838-1892
Collection number: 850998
Creator:
Butterfield, William, 1814-1900
Extent:
290 items
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
Abstract: British architect. Butterfield's drawings and estimates partially document 25 architectural projects (churches, schools, and
hospitals), and 67 drawings are designs for ecclesiastical objects. The collection represents the types of commissions Butterfield
received and
illustrates his promotion of the Gothic Revival style.
Language: Collection material is in
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
William Butterfield architectural and design drawings, 1814-1900,
Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no850998.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1985.
Processing History
Processed by Alan Tomlinson.
Biographical / Historical Note
William Butterfield (1814-1900) was a British architect known for the
Gothic revival style he championed. He studied with E. L. Blackburne and set
up his own practice in 1840. A member of the Cambridge Camden Society, later
the Ecclesiastical Society, he contributed designs to their journal
The Ecclesiologist. Most of his work was for church designs,
apart from that for schools and colleges (Rugby School and Keble College
Oxford), and the Winchester County Hospital. Perhaps his best-known building is
the All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London (1849-1859). The Royal Institute
of British Architects awarded the Gold Medal to Butterfield in 1884.
Scope and Content of Collection
A broadly representative selection of drawings and 21 estimates for
building and manufacture of designs, representing the various types of
commissions Butterfield received and illustrating his work in promoting Gothic
Revival. Also included are record drawings (measured drawings) of buildings not
designed by Butterfield.
Building designs include drawings for 25 projects: churches and
chapels, schools and hospitals. 58 plans, elevations, sections, and details
(altars, screens, choir stalls, pavement patterns, pulpits, fonts, etc.)
document the following church and chapel buildings: Severn-Stoke Church,
1838-1839; All Saints, Babbacombe, Devon, 1865-1874 (3); All Saints, Hastings,
1888-1889 (1); Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire, 1885-1888 (1); Balliol College
Chapel, Oxford, ca. 1856 (1); Caterham Barracks Chapel, 1885-1887 (3); Christ
Church, Albany St., London, 1883-1884 (2); Dalton, Yorkshire, 1868 (1); Fulham
Palace Chapel, ca. 1864-1867; St. Andrew's, Rugby, ca. 1877 (4); St. Alban's,
Baldwins Gardens, ca. 1855 (1); St. Augustine's, Bournemouth, 1891-1892 (1);
St. Augustine's, South Kensington, London, ca. 1870 (5); St. Bartholomew Hyde,
Winchester, 1865 (1); St. Bee's, Cumberland, 1886 (1); St. Clement's, Hastings,
1872-1876 (1); St. Denis, East Hatley, Cambridgeshire, ca. 1874 (8); St. Mary
Magdalene, Enfield, 1881-1883 (3); St. Mary's Warwick, 1886 (1); St. Michael's,
Winchester, 1879-1882 (1); Sedgebarrow, Worcestershire, 1867-1868 (1); Shaw,
Berkshire, 1875-1878 (1); Tottenham All Hallows Church, 1875 (1); Winchester
College, Large Chapel (1); also unidentified designs, including a design for a
sculpture on the theme of the Passion, 1877. 120 drawings document designs for
St. Michael's Hospital, Axbridge, Somerset (1878-1882) and Rugby School
(1867-1885).
Ecclesiastical objects designed by Butterfield are documented with
drawings of furnishings and ritual objects. Butterfield's designs for church
plate were adapted for use internationally, representative examples having been
published by the Ecclesiological Society (formerly the Cambridge Camden
Society) between 1847 and 1856. Many have materials and sizes indicated. The
types represented: alms dish (3); altar frontal (1); candlestick (9); cathedra
(1); chalice, paten and alms dish (3); communion service (1); cruet (1); desk
(3); ewer (1); flagon (5); hinge (1); lectern (11); lighting fixture (16);
litany stool (1); memorial (6); vase (4).
Estimates include 11 letters about manufacture of objects and work
with contractors. A few drawings in other series include attached
estimates.
Memorials include six identified designs and a memorial in Romsey
Abbey for an unidentified person.
Record drawings, not by Butterfield, document Great Mongeham Church,
Kent (14 drawings) and St. John the Baptist, Shottesbrooke, Berkshire (17
items), prepared for the 1844 publication on the building by the Oxford
Architectural Society as an example of the English Gothic style. Also, one
original print after a drawing by Butterfield of the Shottesbrooke Church.
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Rugby School
Subjects - Topics
Architecture—Great
Britain—19th century
Architecture,
Medieval—Great Britain.
Church architecture—Designs
and plans
Church buildings
Church decoration and
ornament
Hospital buildings—Designs
and plans.
Schools—Designs and
plans.
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural
drawings
Design
drawings
Series I.
Building designs,
ca.
1838-1896
Physical Description:
173 items
Scope and Content Note
Scattered drawings for building designs include details and
technical drawings. Most of the drawings are for churches or related buildings.
Some drawings are for the Rugby School and the Cheddar Hospital. Two folders
hold unidentified architectural drawings.
Box 1*, Folder 1
Severn-Stoke Church,
1838-1839
Scope and Content Note
Architectural detail.
Flat file folder 1**
All Saint's Church, Hastings [Sussex],
1869-1870
Scope and Content Note
Design for the East wall of chancel.
Flat file folder 2**
East Hatley Church,
1874
Scope and Content Note
Ground plan, 2 elevations, South and North elevations, several
sections and details.
Box 1*, Folder 2
Tottenham All Hallows Church [Greater London],
1875
Scope and Content Note
Design for heating system. See also Series III, for estimate of
installation.
Flat file folder 3**
Rugby School [Warwickshire],
1878-1879
Scope and Content Note
Temple Reading Room, Art Museum.
Flat file folder 4**
Rugby School [Warwickshire]
Scope and Content Note
Proposed buildings and school rooms.
Box 1*, Folder 3
Belfast St. Mark's Church, Dundela [Ireland],
1876
Scope and Content Note
Design for the east wall.
Box 1*, Folder 4
St. Michael's Home, Cheddar [Axbridge, Somerset],
1878-1882
Scope and Content Note
Block plan, basement and cellar plans.
Box 1*, Folder 5
St. Michael's Home, Cheddar [Axbridge, Somerset],
1878-1882
Scope and Content Note
First floor plan; plan of roof.
Box 1*, Folder 6
St. Michael's Home, Cheddar [Axbridge, Somerset],
1878-1882
Scope and Content Note
Three sections; four sections.
Box 1*, Folder 7
St. Michael's Home, Cheddar [Axbridge, Somerset],
1878-1882.
Scope and Content Note
Lodge.
Box 1*, Folder 8
St. Michael's Home, Cheddar [Axbridge, Somerset],
1878-1882
Scope and Content Note
Lodge.
Box 2*, Folder 1-7
St. Michael's Home, Cheddar [Axbridge, Somerset],
1878-1882
Box 2*, Folder 1
Details
Scope and Content Note
Details of windows and details of seats in
chapel.
Box 2*, Folder 3
Chaplaincy: plans
Scope and Content Note
Ground plan, chamber and attic
plans.
Box 2*, Folder 4
Chaplaincy: sections
Scope and Content Note
Two sections and design for
stables.
Box 2*, Folder 5
Proposed additions: plans
Scope and Content Note
Site plan and plan of
cellars.
Box 2*, Folder 6
Proposed additions: plans and sections
Scope and Content Note
Ground and first floor plans,
second floor plan and 3 sections.
Box 2*, Folder 7
Proposed additions: 4 sections
Flat file folder 5**
Cheddar Hospital [St. Michael's Home, Axbridge,
Somerset]
Scope and Content Note
Various plans, elevations, and sections.
Flat file folder 6
**
Cheddar Hospital [St. Michael's Home]
Scope and Content Note
Various plans, elevations, and sections.
Flat file folder 7
**
Cheddar Hospital [St. Michael's Home]
Scope and Content Note
Proposed additions.
Flat file folder 8**
St. Mary Magdalene, Enfield [Greater London],
1891
Scope and Content Note
Plan of tile pavement, reredos, South Wall
Box 3*, Folder 1
St. Augustine's Church, Bournemouth [Hampshire],
1892
Scope and Content Note
Vestry.
Flat file folder 9**
St. Thomas' Church, Leeds,
1896
Scope and Content Note
See Series III, written estimate from J. Norris & Sons. Ground
plan, reredos and wall.
Box 3*-
Undated and partially unidentified building
designs
Box 3*, Folder 2
St. Bartholomew Hyde Church [Hyde, Winchester?],
seating plan
Box 3*, Folder 3
Haydon Church, architectural details
Box 3*, Folder 4
St. Augustine's Church, pillar
Box 3*, Folder 5
Uddington Church, North porch
Box 3*, Folder 6
Unidentified Church, floor plan
Box 3*, Folder 7
Unidentified Church, East wall
Box 3*, Folder 8
Unidentified, architectural section
Flat file folder 10**
Unidentified, architectural drawings
Series II.
Designed ecclesiastical objects,
ca.
1838-1896
Physical Description:
ca. 67 items
Scope and Content Note
Designs for ceremonial objects and church furnishings. Arranged
alphabetical by location of church; all in Great Britain unless otherwise
noted.
Box 4*, Folder 1
Qu'Appelle Church: communion plates and chalices
[Canada]
Scope and Content Note
Aldbury Church: Private communion plate.
Box 4*, Folder 2
Ault Hucknell Church [Derbyshire]
Box 4*, Folder 4
Babbacombe All Saints Church [Devon]:
furnishings
Box 4*, Folder 5-6
Bournemouth, St. Augustine's Church
[Hampshire]
Box 4*, Folder 6
Altar Vase, communion plate, alms
dish
Flat file folder 11-12**
Bournemouth St. Augustine's [Hampshire]
Flat file folder 11**
Candlesticks and brass bracket
Flat file folder 13**
Brighton, St. Patrick's Church:
lectern
Flat file folder 14**
Canterbury, St. Augustine's College [Kent]: altar desk,
ca. 1880
Box 4*, Folder 7
Caterham Guards Chapel [Surrey]: gas
brackets
Flat file folder 15**
Caterham Guards Chapel [Surrey]:
furnishings
Scope and Content Note
Nave andsle seats, altar desk, detail of altar front.
Box 4*, Folder 8
Cheddar Hospital [Chapel, St. Michaels]:
flagon
Scope and Content Note
See also Series III for written estimates for 2 lecterns.
Flat file folder 16**
Cheddar Hospital [Chapel, St. Michaels]:
candlestick
Box 5*, Folder 1
Christleton Church [Cheshire]: reredos,
1893
Box 5*, Folder 2
Cliffe Pypard Church [Wiltshire]:
paten
Box 5*, Folder 3
Cowley, St. John's Church [Oxon.]: communion plate,
altar furnishings,
1871
Box 5*, Folder 4
Cumbrae College Chapel [Scotland]: litany desk,
ca.
1859
Box 5*, Folder 5
Dalton Church [Yorkshire]: chancel
screen
Box 5*, Folder 6
Dover Castle, St. Mary's Church: lectern,
ca.
1889-1890
Flat file folder 17**
Dover Castle, St. Mary's Church: altar
vase
Flat file folder 12**
Dover Castle, St. Mary's Church:
candlestick
Scope and Content Note
With candlestick from Bournemouth.
Flat file folder 18**
St. Mary Magdalene Enfield [Greater London]:
furnishings
Box 5*, Folder 7
Fulham Palace Chapel [Greater London]: seats,
desks
Box 5*, Folder 8
Great Berkhamstsead Church [Hertfordshire]: Bible
desk
Box 5*, Folder 9
St. John's Church Hammersmith [Greater London]:
candlesticks,
1859
Flat file folder 19**
St. John Hammersmith [Greater London]: chancel screen,
1890
Box 5*, Folder 10
St. Clement's Church Hastings: seats, desk,
ca.
1872
Box 6*, Folder 1
Lincoln Cathedral: communion plate
Scope and Content Note
See also Series III for written estimate.
Box 6*, Folder 2
Christ Church Albany Street, London: pulpit,
ca.
1849?
Box 6*, Folder 3
St. Alban's Church, Baldwin Gardens (Holborn), London:
altar cloth
Flat file folder 20**
St. Alban's Church, Baldwin Gardens (Holborn), London:
cover for Litany book
Box 6*, Folder 4
St. John's Church Drury Lane (“Broad Court”), London:
lectern
Box 6*, Folder 5
All Saint's Margaret Street, London: altar frontal,
ca.
1859
Box 6*, Folder 6
North Eling Church: hanging lamp
Flat file folder 21**
North Eling Church: lamp brackets
Flat file folder 22**
Oxford, Balliol College Chapel [Oxfordshire]: stall
seats
Box 6*, Folder 7
Pilton Church [Somerset]: paten
Box 6*, Folder 8
St. Michael's Church Portsmouth: chalices,
1876
Flat file folder 23
**
London, Holy Trinity Church Rotherhithe: candlesticks
and hanging light
Box 6*, Folder 9
London, St. Barnabas' Church Rotherhithe: chalice,
flagon,
ca.
1872
Box 6*, Folder 10
London, St. Paul's Church Rotherhithe: chalice,
ca.
1893
Box 6*, Folder 11
Rugby, St. Andrew's Church: gas lantern,
ca.
1879?
Flat file folder 24**
Rugby Parish Church: furnishings
Flat file folder 25**
Rugby Parish Church: vases, light bracket,
candlestick
Box 6*, Folder 12
Rugby School Chapel: candlestick,
ca.
1870-1872
Box 6*, Folder 13
St. Alban's Abbey [London?]: windows,
hinge
Flat file folder 26**
St. Bees Church [Cumberland]: furnishings,
ca.
1886-1887
Flat file folder 27**
Sedgeberrow Church [Worcestershire]: chancel
screen
Box 7*, Folder 1
Shaw Church [Berkshire]: seats and
desk
Flat file folder 28**
St. Augustine's Church South Kensington (Queen's Gate),
London: furnishings
Box 7*, Folder 2
Stowlangtoft Church [Suffolk]: chalice, flagon,
1887,
1889
Box 7*, Folder 3
Sudbury, St. Gregory's Church [Suffolk]: chalice and
paten
Scope and Content Note
(see also Series III for written estimate).
Box 7*, Folder 4
Tottenham All Hallows Church [Greater
London]
Scope and Content Note
Lecterns (see also Series III for written estimate).
Box 7*, Folder 5
Wantage St. Mary's Church [Berkshire]: gaslight
standard,
ca.
1880
Flat file folder 29**
Warwick, St. Mary's Church: reredos,
1883-1886
Box 7*, Folder 6
Winchester, St. Cross Church [Hampshire]:
candle-holder
Box 7*, Folder 7
Winchester, St. Michael's Church [Hampshire]: seats,
desks
Box 7*, Folder 8
Winchester College Chapel [Hampshire]: choir
stalls
Box 7*, Folder 9
Woolwich, St. Michael's Church [Greater London]: gas
lights
Box 7*, Folder 10
St. Andrew's Church Kumgani [Zanzibar / Tanzania]:
communion plate
Box 8*, Folder 1
Heath's Court [Derbyshire? Coalpit Heath?]: lighting
fixtures
Box 8*, Folder 2
Dublin, St. Columba's College Chapel [Ireland]: light
bracket
Box 8*, Folder 3
All Saints' Church: lectern, flagon
Box 8*, Folder 4
All Saints' Church: lectern
Box 8*, Folder 8
Unidentified alms dishes and chalices
Box 8*, Folder 12
Floral design by Butterfield
Scope and Content Note
Drawing for “Windows or Reredos” by J. T. Redfern
Box 8*, Folder 13
Design for sculpture [Passion]
Series III.
Estimates,
ca.
1838-1896
Physical Description:
11 letters
Scope and Content Note
Estimates for the manufacture of Butterfield's designs for
objects, and with sub-contractors for the installation and construction of
architecture.
Box 8*, Folder 14
Seven letters from Hart, Son, Peard and Co.
Scope and Content Note
Estimates for the manufacture of various objects designed by
Butterfield.
Box 8*, Folder 14
One letter from G. N. Haydon and Son
Scope and Content Note
For making and installing a central heating system in Tottenham
Church.
Box 8*, Folder 14
Two estimates from J. Norris & Sons, Builders …
Contractors for St. Thomas' Church in Leeds
Box 8*, Folder 14
One Estimate from John Boulton & Co. for St. Thomas'
Church, Leeds
Series IV.
Memorials,
ca.
1838-1896
Physical Description:
7 designs
Scope and Content Note
Designs for memorials to individuals.
Flat file folder 31
**
Rochester Cathedral: Mary Jane Ann
Scott
Flat file folder 31
**
Hursley Church: Cromwell monument
Flat file folder 31
**
Unknown location: Anna Maria Hanbury
Scope and Content Note
With estimate attached.
Flat file folder 31
**
Unknown Location: Bishop Gray
Flat file folder 31
**
Unknown location: Emily Carington
Flat file folder 31
**
Lincoln Cathedral: William John Butler
Series V.
Record drawings,
1844,
undated
Physical Description:
31 drawings
Scope and Content Note
Documentary drawings for two buildings, not designed by
Butterfield. Drawings for the Great Mongeham Church were prepared for the 1844
publication on the building by the Oxford Architectural Society as an example
of the English Gothic style.
Flat file folder 32**
Great Mongeham Church [Kent]
Physical Description:
14 drawings
Flat file folder 33**
St. John the Baptist, Shottesbroke Church
[Berkshire]
Physical Description:
17 items
