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Title	Wooden Bell Turret [Building News Designing Club]
Collection	Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Maker	Lethaby;William Richard;
Date	1877
Id Number Current Accession	R.85.2
Id Number Current Repository	-379590012
Inscription	Verso - in pencil "28" (x2). Recto - as title; with various notes - Signed with Debut pseudonym.
Location Creation Site	James Akerman, 51 Grays Inn Road, WC, London (Printers and Photolithographers)
Subject	Lethaby;William Richard;;
Material	Black printing ink on paper
Notes	See F.1.1993.6. This reproduction appears on a page (from the Building News) with three other designs for bell turrets by other designers. The original drawing by Lethaby was part of his 1877 entry into the Building News Designing Club competition. He went on to become the overall winner in 1878.
Object Notes	A design for a "Wooden Bell Turret to a Country Church Height 10 feet to apex from ridge of roof". Reproduced in the Building News, issue dated March 2nd 1877. Shows 1) front elevation (from west end of church) 2) side elevation 3) plan 4) section 5) sketch 6) detail. Labelled with various notes. A scale in feet and inches. Reduced from original size. See F.1.1993.6
Relation Exhibition	Object Lessons, London, London Institute W R Lethaby 1857-1931: architecture, design and education, London, Central School of Arts and Crafts
Relation References	Book: Rubens;Godfrey;, William Richard Lethaby: his life and work 1857-1931, Architectural Press. 1986. Sale catalogue: Christies. 29 October 1991. Exhibition: 1990. Thesis: Rubens;Godfrey;, The life and work of William Richard Lethaby (
Rights	University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection
Source	Christie�s ; A.B. Waters CBE
Technique	Photolithograph
Work Type	Reproduction