Title
Gate way and Guard House at the Entrance of the Barracks at Berwick Feby 1719.
Publication details
[February 1719]
Physical details
1 drawing : pen and brown ink with monochrome wash ; sheet 24.4 x 29.6 cm
Description
Two elevations and one plan for the gateway at the barracks in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Inscribed 'Inside front' by the upper elevation. Inscribed 'outside front' by the lower elevation. Inscribed with key: 'A Blank left for the King's Arms. B. The Gateway to be cover'd by a single roof without Girders and cover'd with slate as the Guard Houses' in brown ink the to the right of the lower elevation.
Place
Berwick-upon-Tweed (England)
Additional information
This drawing relates to a sketch by Hawksmoor for the barracks at Berwick-upon-Tweed from Wilton House now held in the Wiltshire Record Office F 6/27. Richard Hewlings suggests this drawing in the King's Topographical Collection is not by Nicholas Hawksmoor. See Richard Hewlings, 'Hawksmoor's Brave Designs for the Police', in John Bold and Edward Chaney (eds), English Architecture: Pnblic and Private (London and Rio Grande, OH, 1993), pp. 226-27.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.32.47.i.