Finding aid for the William Butterfield architectural and design drawings, 1838-1896, undated 850998
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Title: William Butterfield architectural and design drawings
Creator:
Butterfield, William, 1814-1900
Identifier/Call Number: 850998
Physical Description:
290 items
Date (inclusive): 1838-1896
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.
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Language of Material: French
Scope and Content of Collection
A broadly representative selection of drawings 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 building estimates
as well as 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 10 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 note
Arranged in five series: Series I. Building designs; Series II. Ecclesiastical objects; Series III. Estimates; Series IV.
Memorials; Series V. Record drawings.
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.
Processing History
Processed by Alan Tomlinson.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1985.
Preferred Citation
William Butterfield architectural and design drawings, 1814-1900, Library, The Getty Research Institute, Accession no. 850998.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa850998
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Schools -- Designs and plans.
Design drawings
Church buildings
Church architecture -- Designs and plans
Hospital buildings -- Designs and plans.
Church decoration and ornament
Architecture, Medieval -- Great Britain.
Architecture—Great Britain—19th century
Rugby School
Building designs, Series I.
1838-1896, undated
Physical Description:
173 items
Scope and Contents
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
Severn-Stoke Church
Scope and Contents
Architectural detail.
Flatfile 1**
All Saint's Church, Hastings [Sussex],
1869-1870
All Saint's Church, Hastings [Sussex]
Scope and Contents
Design for the East wall of chancel.
Flatfile 2**
East Hatley Church,
1874
East Hatley Church
Scope and Contents
Ground plan, 2 elevations, South and North elevations, several sections and details.
box 1*, folder 2
Tottenham All Hallows Church [Greater London],
1875
Tottenham All Hallows Church [Greater London]
Scope and Contents
Design for heating system. See also Series III, for estimate of installation.
Rugby School [Warwickshire],
1878-1879
Flatfile 3**
Temple Reading Room and Art Museum
Temple Reading Room and Art Museum
Flatfile 4**
Proposed buildings and school rooms
Proposed buildings and school rooms
box 1*, folder 3
Belfast St. Mark's Church, Dundela [Ireland],
1876
Belfast St. Mark's Church, Dundela [Ireland]
Scope and Contents
Design for the east wall.
St. Michael's Home, Cheddar [Axbridge, Somerset],
1878-1882
box 1*, folder 4
Block plan, basement and cellar plans
Block plan, basement and cellar plans
box 1*, folder 5
First floor plan and plan of roof
First floor plan and plan of roof
box 1*, folder 6
Three sections and four sections
Three sections and four sections
box 2*, folder 1
Details
Details
Scope and Contents
Details of windows and details of seats in chapel.
box 2*, folder 2
Detail of pump house
Detail of pump house
box 2*, folder 3
Chaplaincy: plans
Chaplaincy: plans
Scope and Contents
Ground plan, chamber and attic plans.
box 2*, folder 4
Chaplaincy: sections
Chaplaincy: sections
Scope and Contents
Two sections and design for stables.
box 2*, folder 5
Proposed additions: plans
Proposed additions: plans
Scope and Contents
Site plan and plan of cellars.
box 2*, folder 6
Proposed additions: plans and sections
Proposed additions: plans and sections
Scope and Contents
Ground and first floor plans, second floor plan and 3 sections.
box 2*, folder 7
Proposed additions: 4 sections
Proposed additions: 4 sections
Flatfile 5**-6**
Various plans, elevations, and sections
Various plans, elevations, and sections
Flatfile 7 **
Proposed additions
Proposed additions
Flatfile 8**
St. Mary Magdalene, Enfield [Greater London],
1891
St. Mary Magdalene, Enfield [Greater London]
Scope and Contents
Plan of tile pavement, reredos, South Wall
box 3*, folder 1
St. Augustine's Church, Bournemouth [Hampshire],
1892
St. Augustine's Church, Bournemouth [Hampshire]
Scope and Contents
Vestry.
Flatfile 9**
St. Thomas' Church, Leeds,
1896
St. Thomas' Church, Leeds
Scope and Contents
See Series III, written estimate from J. Norris & Sons. Ground plan, reredos and wall.
Undated and partially unidentified building designs.
undated
box 3*, folder 2
St. Bartholomew Hyde Church [Hyde, Winchester?], seating plan
St. Bartholomew Hyde Church [Hyde, Winchester?], seating plan
box 3*, folder 3
Haydon Church, architectural details
Haydon Church, architectural details
box 3*, folder 4
St. Augustine's Church, pillar
St. Augustine's Church, pillar
box 3*, folder 5
Uddington Church, North porch
Uddington Church, North porch
box 3*, folder 6
Unidentified Church, floor plan
Unidentified Church, floor plan
box 3*, folder 7
Unidentified Church, East wall
Unidentified Church, East wall
box 3*, folder 8
Unidentified, architectural section
Unidentified, architectural section
Flatfile 10**
Unidentified, architectural drawings
Unidentified, architectural drawings
Designed ecclesiastical objects, Series II.
1859-1895
Scope and Contents
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],
1892
Qu'Appelle Church: communion plates and chalices [Canada]
Scope and Contents
Aldbury Church: Private communion plate.
box 4*, folder 2
Ault Hucknell Church [Derbyshire],
undated
box 4*, folder 4
Babbacombe All Saints Church [Devon]: furnishings,
1871
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
Altar Vase, communion plate, alms dish
Flatfile 11**
Candlesticks and brass bracket
Candlesticks and brass bracket
Flatfile 12**
Candlesticks
Candlesticks
Flatfile 13**
Brighton, St. Patrick's Church: lectern,
undated
Brighton, St. Patrick's Church: lectern
Flatfile 14**
Canterbury, St. Augustine's College [Kent]: altar desk,
circa 1880
Canterbury, St. Augustine's College [Kent]: altar desk
Caterham Guards Chapel [Surrey],
undated
box 4*, folder 7
Gas brackets
Gas brackets
Flatfile 15**
Furnishings
Furnishings
Scope and Contents
Nave andsle seats, altar desk, detail of altar front.
Cheddar Hospital [Chapel, St. Michaels],
1889
box 4*, folder 8
Flagon
Flagon
Scope and Contents
See also Series III for written estimates for 2 lecterns.
box 5*, folder 1
Christleton Church [Cheshire]: reredos,
1893
Christleton Church [Cheshire]: reredos
box 5*, folder 2
Cliffe Pypard Church [Wiltshire]: paten,
undated
Cliffe Pypard Church [Wiltshire]: paten
box 5*, folder 3
Cowley, St. John's Church [Oxon.]: communion plate, altar furnishings,
1871
Cowley, St. John's Church [Oxon.]: communion plate, altar furnishings
box 5*, folder 4
Cumbrae College Chapel [Scotland]: litany desk,
circa 1859
Cumbrae College Chapel [Scotland]: litany desk
box 5*, folder 5
Dalton Church [Yorkshire]: chancel screen,
undated
Dalton Church [Yorkshire]: chancel screen
Dover Castle, St. Mary's Church,
circa 1889-1890
Flatfile 12**
Candlestick
Candlestick
Scope and Contents
With candlestick from Bournemouth.
Flatfile 18**
St. Mary Magdalene Enfield [Greater London]: furnishings,
undated
St. Mary Magdalene Enfield [Greater London]: furnishings
box 5*, folder 7
Fulham Palace Chapel [Greater London]: seats, desks,
undated
Fulham Palace Chapel [Greater London]: seats, desks
box 5*, folder 8
Great Berkhamstsead Church [Hertfordshire]: Bible desk,
undated
Great Berkhamstsead Church [Hertfordshire]: Bible desk
St. John's Church Hammersmith [Greater London],
1859, 1890
box 5*, folder 9
Candlesticks
Candlesticks
Flatfile 19**
Chancel screen
Chancel screen
box 5*, folder 10
St. Clement's Church Hastings: seats, desk,
circa 1872
St. Clement's Church Hastings: seats, desk
box 6*, folder 1
Lincoln Cathedral: communion plate,
1887-1889
Lincoln Cathedral: communion plate
Scope and Contents
See also Series III for written estimate.
box 6*, folder 2
Christ Church Albany Street, London: pulpit,
circa 1849
Christ Church Albany Street, London: pulpit
St. Alban's Church, Baldwin Gardens (Holborn), London,
undated
Flatfile 20**
Cover for Litany book
Cover for Litany book
box 6*, folder 4
St. John's Church Drury Lane ("Broad Court"), London: lectern,
undated
St. John's Church Drury Lane ("Broad Court"), London: lectern
box 6*, folder 5
All Saint's Margaret Street, London: altar frontal,
circa 1859
All Saint's Margaret Street, London: altar frontal
box 6*, folder 6
Hanging lamp
Hanging lamp
Flatfile 21**
Lamp brackets
Lamp brackets
Flatfile 22**
Oxford, Balliol College Chapel [Oxfordshire]: stall seats,
undated
Oxford, Balliol College Chapel [Oxfordshire]: stall seats
box 6*, folder 7
Pilton Church [Somerset]: paten,
undated
Pilton Church [Somerset]: paten
box 6*, folder 8
St. Michael's Church Portsmouth: chalices,
1876
St. Michael's Church Portsmouth: chalices
Flatfile 23 **
London, Holy Trinity Church Rotherhithe: candlesticks and hanging light,
undated
London, Holy Trinity Church Rotherhithe: candlesticks and hanging light
box 6*, folder 9
London, St. Barnabas' Church Rotherhithe: chalice, flagon,
circa 1872
London, St. Barnabas' Church Rotherhithe: chalice, flagon
box 6*, folder 10
London, St. Paul's Church Rotherhithe: chalice,
circa 1893
London, St. Paul's Church Rotherhithe: chalice
Rugby, St. Andrew's Church,
circa 1870-1879
Flatfile 25**
Vases, light bracket, candlestick
Vases, light bracket, candlestick
box 6*, folder 13
St. Alban's Abbey [London?]: windows, hinge,
undated
St. Alban's Abbey [London?]: windows, hinge
Flatfile 26**
St. Bees Church [Cumberland]: furnishings,
circa 1886-1887
St. Bees Church [Cumberland]: furnishings
Flatfile 27**
Sedgeberrow Church [Worcestershire]: chancel screen,
undated
Sedgeberrow Church [Worcestershire]: chancel screen
box 7*, folder 1
Shaw Church [Berkshire]: seats and desk,
undated
Shaw Church [Berkshire]: seats and desk
Flatfile 28**
St. Augustine's Church South Kensington (Queen's Gate), London: furnishings,
1876-1886
St. Augustine's Church South Kensington (Queen's Gate), London: furnishings
box 7*, folder 2
Stowlangtoft Church [Suffolk]: chalice, flagon,
1887, 1889
Stowlangtoft Church [Suffolk]: chalice, flagon
box 7*, folder 3
Sudbury, St. Gregory's Church [Suffolk]: chalice and paten,
1892
Sudbury, St. Gregory's Church [Suffolk]: chalice and paten
Scope and Contents
(see also Series III for written estimate).
box 7*, folder 4
Tottenham All Hallows Church [Greater London],
1877
Tottenham All Hallows Church [Greater London]
Scope and Contents
Lecterns (see also Series III for written estimate).
box 7*, folder 5
Wantage St. Mary's Church [Berkshire]: gaslight standard,
circa 1880
Wantage St. Mary's Church [Berkshire]: gaslight standard
Flatfile 29**
Warwick, St. Mary's Church: reredos,
1883-1886
Warwick, St. Mary's Church: reredos
box 7*, folder 6
Winchester, St. Cross Church [Hampshire]: candle-holder,
undated
Winchester, St. Cross Church [Hampshire]: candle-holder
box 7*, folder 7
Winchester, St. Michael's Church [Hampshire]: seats, desks,
undated
Winchester, St. Michael's Church [Hampshire]: seats, desks
box 7*, folder 8
Winchester College Chapel [Hampshire]: choir stalls,
undated
Winchester College Chapel [Hampshire]: choir stalls
box 7*, folder 9
Woolwich, St. Michael's Church [Greater London]: gas lights,
undated
Woolwich, St. Michael's Church [Greater London]: gas lights
box 7*, folder 10
St. Andrew's Church Kumgani [Zanzibar / Tanzania]: communion plate,
1888
St. Andrew's Church Kumgani [Zanzibar / Tanzania]: communion plate
Unidentified,
1877-1878, 1895, undated
box 8*, folder 1
Heath's Court [Derbyshire? Coalpit Heath?]: lighting fixtures,
undated
Heath's Court [Derbyshire? Coalpit Heath?]: lighting fixtures
box 8*, folder 2
Dublin, St. Columba's College Chapel [Ireland]: light bracket,
undated
Dublin, St. Columba's College Chapel [Ireland]: light bracket
box 8*, folder 3-4
All Saints' Church: lectern, flagon,
1878, undated
All Saints' Church: lectern, flagon
box 8*, folder 5
Unidentified lecterns,
undated
Unidentified lecterns
box 8*, folder 6
Unidentified flagons,
undated
Unidentified flagons
box 8*, folder 7
Unidentified oil lamp,
undated
Unidentified oil lamp
box 8*, folder 8
Unidentified alms dishes and chalices,
1878, undated
Unidentified alms dishes and chalices
box 8*, folder 9
Unidentified altar cross,
undated
Unidentified altar cross
box 8*, folder 10
Unidentified mosaic,
undated
Unidentified mosaic
box 8*, folder 11
Unidentified candlestick,
undated
Unidentified candlestick
box 8*, folder 12
Floral design by Butterfield,
undated
Floral design by Butterfield
Scope and Contents
Drawing for "Windows or Reredos" by J. T. Redfern
box 8*, folder 13
Design for sculpture [Passion],
1877
Design for sculpture [Passion]
Flatfile 30**
Unidentified candlestick,
1895, undated
Unidentified candlestick
Estimates, Series III.
1875-1896
Physical Description:
10 items
Scope and Contents
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.,
1875-1892
Seven letters from Hart, Son, Peard and Co.
Scope and Contents
Estimates for the manufacture of various objects designed by Butterfield.
box 8*, folder 14
One letter from G. N. Haydon and Son,
1875
One letter from G. N. Haydon and Son
Scope and Contents
For making and installing a central heating system in Tottenham Church.
box 8*, folder 14
One estimate from J. Norris & Sons, Builders … Contractors for St. Thomas' Church in Leeds,
1896
One estimate 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,
1896
One Estimate from John Boulton & Co. for St. Thomas' Church, Leeds
Memorials, Series IV.
circa 1869-1894
Physical Description:
7 items
Scope and Contents
Designs for memorials to individuals.
Flatfile 31 **
Rochester Cathedral: Mary Jane Ann Scott,
1885
Rochester Cathedral: Mary Jane Ann Scott
Flatfile 31 **
Hursley Church: Cromwell monument,
1885
Hursley Church: Cromwell monument
Flatfile 31 **
Unknown location: Anna Maria Hanbury,
1879
Unknown location: Anna Maria Hanbury
Scope and Contents
With estimate attached.
Flatfile 31 **
Unknown Location: Bishop Gray,
circa 1872
Unknown Location: Bishop Gray
Flatfile 31 **
Unknown location: Emily Carington,
circa 1869
Unknown location: Emily Carington
Flatfile 31 **
Lincoln Cathedral: William John Butler,
1894
Lincoln Cathedral: William John Butler
Flatfile 31 **
Romsey Abbey: unknown,
1894
Romsey Abbey: unknown
Record drawings, Series V.
circa 1844, undated
Physical Description:
31 items
Scope and Contents
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.
Flatfile 32**
Great Mongeham Church [Kent],
circa 1844
Great Mongeham Church [Kent]
Physical Description:
14 drawing(s)
Flatfile 33**
St. John the Baptist, Shottesbroke Church [Berkshire],
undated
St. John the Baptist, Shottesbroke Church [Berkshire]
Physical Description:
17 items