Staffordshire architect's account book

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 16635B
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004433689
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1754-1756
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 105 ff. with insertions (ff. 70 verso-104 inverted text) ; 185 x 120 mm.
      Vellum over boards with remains of brass clasp; '1754. 1755', 'also [?May 1764]' (ink on back cover).
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Account book, 1754-1756, of Charles Cope Trubshaw, architect, builder and mason, relating to work carried out mostly in Staffordshire.
The volume contains accounts, with notes and memoranda, January 1754-February 1756 (ff. 1-70); and estimates, notes and sketched designs and plans for specific projects, 1754-1755 (ff. 70 verso-103, inverted text). There are numerous references to the building of the new parish church at Stone, Staffordshire (ff. 6-89 passim). A few additional items are loose within the volume (ff. 73a, 105) or have been tipped in (f. 104).

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Acquisition Information

R. L. Gapper; Aberystwyth; Donation (with NLW MS 16636C and NLW Amryw 33/9); March 1957

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16635B.

Alternative Form Available

Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/5722924 (July 2021)

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Bindings disintegrating; covers and spine in distressed condition; ff. 9-10 loose.

Archivist's Note

October 2006 and July 2013.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

'Chas Trubshaw 1754' inside front cover.

Related Material

For Trubshaw's designs for the Great Hall at Blithfield Hall, Staffordshire, see London, Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library, SD47/42.

Additional Information

Published

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