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Box Devey Box 2

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Contains 136 Results:

Pencil sketch of intertwined initials at Coombe Warren, 1860s

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/32
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of intertwined initials 'BWC' detail at Coombe Warren. The initials stand for the name of the owner, Devey was commissioned by Bertram Wodehouse Currie (1827 - 1896) to design additions to Coombe Warren, and then to rebuild it after a fire in 1870.

Dates: 1860s

Pencil sketch, detail of St Mary's Church, Ely, [1846 - 1886]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/34a
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch detail of arch in St Mary's Church, Ely. Annotated with title ' St. Mary. Ely.' and various measurements.

Dates: [1846 - 1886]

Pencil sketch, detail of St Mary's Church, Ely, [1846 - 1886]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/34b
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch detail of arches in St Mary's Church, Ely. Annotated with various measurements.

Dates: [1846 - 1886]

Photograph of Hall Place, Kent, 1870 - 1874

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/36
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Hall Place, Kent. Devey was commissioned by Samuel Morley MP to build Hall Place in the 1870s, as well as carrying out a number of other projects on the estate. Annotated 'Hall Place, Kent. G. Devey.'

Dates: 1870 - 1874

Pencil sketch detail, [1846 - 1886]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/38a
Scope and Contents

Unnamed pencil sketch detail of an ecclesiastical interior. Annotated with various measurements.

Dates: [1846 - 1886]

Pencil sketch detail, [1846 - 1886]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/38b
Scope and Contents

Unnamed pencil sketch detail, possibly ecclesiastical, annotated with various measurements.

Dates: [1846 - 1886]

Pencil sketch of gateway at Killarney House, [1870s]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/40a
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketches of a gateway at Killarney House. Top sketch shows the gateway with a house either side of it, and the lower sketch shows an aerial view. Annotated 'Killarney'. Devey was commissioned to build the house and various estate buildings in the 1870s by the 4th Earl of Kenmare.

Dates: [1870s]

Pencil sketch, Portsmouth, [1846 - 1886]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/40b
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a building, page titled 'Portsmouth'.

Dates: [1846 - 1886]

Pencil sketch incorporating clock towers, [1846 - 1886]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/41
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketches of clock towers, with shading. Signed 'GD'.

Dates: [1846 - 1886]

Pencil sketch of woodland enclosed by a garden wall, [1846 - 1886]

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/42
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a woodland enclosed by a low garden wall.

Dates: [1846 - 1886]

Pencil sketch of floor plan at Ingleby Manor, Yorkshire, c1860 - 1886

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/43
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of floor plan at Ingleby Manor, Yorkshire. In 1850, Lady Mary Foulis, only child and heiress of the last Foulis baronet of Ingleby Manor, married the 2nd Lord de Lisle and Dudley of Penshurst in Kent. One of Devey's early notable commissions had been rebuilding Penshurst Place for the Lord, beginning in 1851. Annotated with 'Ingleby Manor. Yorks.', 'carved pond', 'open carving' and various measurements.

Dates: c1860 - 1886

Photograph of house at Fonthill, 1864 - 1877

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/44
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a house at Fonthill within a wooden fence. Part of a thatched-roof cottage can be seen to the right. Devey completed work on the Fonthill estate for Alfred Morrison in the 1860s and 1870s. Annotated 'Fonthill. G. Devey'.

Dates: 1864 - 1877

Photograph of building work at Coombe Warren, Surrey, c1865

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/45
Scope and Contents

Annotated [by James Williams] 'Coombe Warren. first house (burnt down) G. Devey'. The figure of 'G. Devey' has been identified in the photograph; some colour has been added to a few areas of the facade. Devey was commissioned by Bertram Wodehouse Currie to design additions to Coombe Warren [in 1865]. Part of the house shown in the photograph burnt down in 1870 and Devey designed a grander house in its place.

Dates: c1865

Photograph of Coombe Warren, Surrey, c1865

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/46
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Coombe Warren under construction. Annotated 'Coombe Warren. G. Devey'. Devey was commissioned by Bertram Wodehouse Currie ito design additions to Coombe Warren [in 1865]. Part of the house shown in the photograph burnt down in 1870 and Devey designed a grander house in its place.

Dates: c1865

Photograph of Betteshanger House, Kent, 1856 - 1881

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/48
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Betteshanger House, Kent, with scaffolding and workmen. Annotated 'Betteshanger, Kent. G. Devey'. Sir Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne commissioned Devey for additions and alterations to Betteshanger House. Work began in 1856 and continued for many years.

Dates: 1856 - 1881

Pencil sketch of house at Bramble Hill, 1856 - 1886

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/49
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a house, titled 'Bramble Hill'.

Dates: 1856 - 1886

Photograph of Betteshanger House, Kent, 1856 - 1881

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/50
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Betteshanger House, Kent, with scaffolding and workmen. Annotated 'Betteshanger. G. Devey'. Sir Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne commissioned Devey for additions and alterations to Betteshanger House. Work began in 1856 and continued for many years. The house is now Northbourne Park School.

Dates: 1856 - 1881

Photograph of the George Inn, Aylesbury, before alterations for Lord Rothschild, c1870

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/52
Scope and Contents

Photograph of the George Inn, Aylesbury. Annotated 'George Inn, Aylesbury, before alterations for Lord Rothschild'. Devey undertook numerous commissions for the Rothschild family throughout his career.

Dates: c1870

Pencil sketch of a door at the Crown Hotel, 1856 - 1886

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/53
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketch of a door at the Crown Hotel. Annotated with various measurements and notes, including 'Crown Hotel [Parlour?]', 'Stone'.

Dates: 1856 - 1886

Photograph of Sudbury Station Inn, Derbyshire, 1870s

 Item — Box: Devey Box 2
Reference code: 281/2/54
Scope and Contents

Photograph of Sudbury Station Inn, Derbyshire. Devey was commissioned for work at Sudbury Hall and the surrounding estate during the 1870s by the 6th Lord Vernon, which included enlarging The Boar's Head, originally a tiny public house at the Station. Annotated 'Sudbury Station Inn. Addition by G. Devey'.

Dates: 1870s