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Sketch depicts the gatehouse and outer wall with a woman and child in the left hand corner. It is captioned 'The Mansion at Bradley, Devonshire Lyson's Mag Brit'. This is thought to refer to Rev. Daniel Lysons's 'Magna Britannia...', published in 1822. The engraving is attributed to F. Nash.

Sketch depicts the exterior walls of the main entrance with a portcullis at the centre. It is captioned 'Compton Castle Devonshire Lysons Mag Brit'.This is thought to refer to Rev. Daniel Lysons's 'Magna Britannia...', published in 1822.

Sketch is captioned 'Queen Elizabeth's Gallery Windsor Castle' and depicts the exterior wall. It is thought to be copied from a drawing by F. Mackenzie, which was published in John Britton's 'Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain' in 1809.

The small sketch is captioned 'House at Grantham Lincoln 15th century'. It shows the exterior of a building with a bay window and is thought to be copied from p.231 of 'The Pictorial History of England...' published by George Lillie Craik in 1839. The sketch also includes two small drawings of windows with the captions 'string under bay' and 'window heads'.

The small sketch is captioned 'At Nuremberg' and 'Illustrated London News 23 March 1872'. It is copied from page 16.

The room is large and grand. The fireplace is very large and ornately decorated and the man is pictured warming his hands above the flames. There is a wooden table behind him with a coat draped over it and an open door is visible to the left of the fireplace.

Blue envelope containing 14 tracing paper sketchings of engravings with biblical themes

The rough sketch is captioned 'Speke Hall Lancashire' and depicts the exterior of the timber-framed buildings. It may be copied from J.S. Dodd's artwork, titled 'Speke Hall, the Garden Front, Lancashire'. This was printed in Samuel Carter Hall's book 'The Baronial Halls and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England, Vol. 2' in 1858.

The sketch depicts the outside of a timber-front building and is captioned '15th Century House at Bacharach' and 'Builder 21 July 1868 p.542'.

The sketch depicts the castellated tower and steps leading up to an entrance. It is captioned 'Place House Fowey Cornwall'.

The sketch is captioned 'Parapets M de Caumont Arch Rel. page 516'. This is thought to refer to Arcisse de Caumont's 'Histoire de l'architecture religieuse au Moyen Age', published in 1841.

The sketch is captioned 'Windsor Castle' and depicts a bow window the size of a thumbnail.

The sketch is captioned 'Oriel Window Nuremberg 14th century The Builder Vol. 8 Page 139'. Shows the elaborate design in great detail.

The main sketch is captioned 'Haddon Hall' and shows a figure outside a window. There is another smaller sketch, also captioned 'Haddon Hall' showing steps leading up to a window. Next to this, there is a sketch of a ceiling captioned 'Ceiling in Bay Window'. All the sketches are drawn lightly and with sparse detail.

The sketch is captioned 'At Nuremberg Illustrated London News 23 March 1872'. It shows the window projecting from the top floor of a building with birds flying in the background. The original can be found on page 16 of the Illustrated London News.

The sketch is captioned 'Old Window at Brussels. Illustrated London News 5 Oct. 1872'. It shows an oriel window protruding from a building with more windows visible in the background.

The sketch is captioned 'Medieval domestic tower in Cologne - see Builder 17 Oct. 1868 page 764'. It depicts the tower in fine detail.

Pencil sketch on tracing paper with caption 'Palais de Justice Rouen'. Shows the exterior of the building in fine detail.

The sketch is captioned 'Balcony, Hotel de Ville, Ghent'. It is copied from the Illustrated London News, Saturday 14 September 1872.

The sketch is captioned 'Bay window in the Bathhouse, Ratisbon. Builder Vol. 26 p.748'. It is copied from a volume of The Builder published in 1868 and the original illustration is captioned 'Bay window in the Bathhaus, Ratisbon, Germany'.

The sketch is captioned 'at Brussels' and the window is depicted without the adjacent building

The sketch is captioned 'after the Bay Window at the Electoral Palace Coblentz'. The illustration it is based on can be found on p.122 of Vol. 5 of The Builder, published Saturday 2 January 1847. It is worth comparing the two images to appreciate how Bell has elaborated the original.

The sketch is captioned 'Bishop Still's almshouses Wells 16th century'. It is copied from p. 510 of The Builder Vol. 7 (published 27 October 1849).

The sketch is captioned 'Cotehele House Cornwall from the Gateway' and 'Lysons vol.5'. It is a rough sketch copied from an engraving produced by Samuel Lysons for Daniel and Samuel Lysons's 'Magna Britannia' in 1813 (perhaps Vol. 5)..

The sketch is captioned 'Lumsden Model Dwellings Glasgow Jas [sic] Wylson Archt. It shows a ground plan of the dwellings Wylson designed and states 'The dry refuse is conducted into the cellars by the shoot. Each apartment is supplied with gas and water and the whole is under the superintendance of one person who receives into [?] a general washhouse is also provided'. A copy of the original image can be found on page 5 of John Nelson's 'Five Per Cent Philanthropy', published in 1973.

The small sketch is captioned Hinchinbrooke House' and shows the house as viewed from the garden.

The small sketch is drawn in ink and captioned 'Ottley Eng. The Book of Canticles c.1470'. This is thought to refer to William Ottley's 'An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving...' published in 1816. It depicts a winged figure with a halo and cross.

The sketch is captioned 'From the entrance porch of the Guildhall, London'. The statue on the left depicts a male figure, who is crowned and holding a cup and jug. He is standing on the figure of a man, who is reaching up towards him. The male statue on the right is also crowned and standing on a male figure.

This pencil sketch on tracing paper appears to be copied from a book by Arcisse de Caumont. It is captioned 'Window 14th century from the Bishop's Palace at Beauvais - Du Caumont Archre [sic] Civile p 160'. The book referred to is titled 'Architecture Civile et Militaire'.

The sketch is captioned 'Great Chatfield [sic] Manor House Wilts [Wiltshire] 15th Century'. It depicts the manor house from the garden and appears to be copied from an engraving which shares the same misspelling. This can be found in Charles Knight's 'Old England. A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities', published 1845.

The sketch is captioned 'Dartington Hall Devonshire (Lyson's Mag Brit)'. It is a copy of an illustration captioned 'View of Dartington Hall' published in Daniel Lysons's Magna Britannia: Devonshire 1822. The sketch depicts the hall as viewed from the garden.

The sketch is captioned '[?] at Berkley Castle [sic]'. It is a rough sketch of the crenellated walls viewed from the outside.

The sketch is captioned 'Design for a Bay Window' and is finely detailed.

The small sketch depicts a house from the outside with a bay window visible on the closest wall.

The small sketch depicts a house from the outside with oriel windows on the first and second floors.

The building is viewed from the outside and is either a castle or emulates a castle's design. There are multiple windows covering most of the walls.

The sketch is captioned 'Belfrey [sic] Ghent' and depicts the tower from the street, revealing the clock face. This is one of three medieval towers that overlook the city centre.

The sketch is captioned 'Hexham Castle Northumberland for Carter'. It depicts the outside of the Moot Hall and a detail of a window and cornice.

The small sketch depicts a window with no detail provided of the surrounding building

Captioned 'Haddon Hall Derbyshire'. Shows two bow windows, a large door, and a multipaned window.

The sketch is very rough but appears to show the stonework and windows of a turret.

The sketch is captioned 'Modern Builder p.582 1850'. This is thought to refer to The Modern Builer's Guide by Minard Lafever.

The sketch depicts the outside of the building. There is a central archway situated below an oriel window with two-storey bay windows either side.

The sketch depicts a latticed oriel window but with no detail of surrounding building

The sketch depicts a turret with multi-pane lancet windows. There are statues on the left-hand side of the building.

The sketch is captioned 'Castle of Acton Burnell' and shows the interior and exterior design of the hall windows along with three others.

The large sketch depicts the outside of the building, which has an arched entrance, a turret and spire, and windows of all different sizes and styles.

The building is viewed from the garden and boasts a two-storey bay window and multiple turrets.

The building is viewed from the garden. It has curving facades and a large door hood.

The building is viewed from outside. It has undulating walls and multiple two-storey bay windows.

Shows the exterior of the 16th-century Horham Hall in Thaxted, Essex. It is captioned 'Horham Hall Essex'.

The building is viewed from outside. It has a trapezoid entrance and multiple large chimneys.

The building is viewed from outside the entrance, which is covered by a large pointed archway.

The building has steep pitched roofs, dormer windows, a domed turret, and large chimneys

The sketch appears to suggest a thatched roof, a dormer, and latticed windows.

The building is viewed from the corner and has two-storey bay windows, curved facades, and a domed bell tower.

The wall is mostly covered by windows of varying designs. It rises to a point which contrains lancet windows and is framed by two turrets.

The building is viewed from the outside. It has a roof with a curved front, two-storey oriel windows and a turret with a cross above it.

The building has a bell tower and ornamentation on the roof.

Long pieces of fabric are hanging outside of the trefoil lancet windows.

The sketch has been made in ink and shows a hunched figure standing beside a religious building with lancet and trefoil windows. Sketches of the windows have also been made separately and there is another large building depicted. A note has been made below the religious building, which reads '1374 Richard 2nd'.

Plan drawn by Day & HageLith and captioned 'Leeds Published by T.W. Green 34 Commercial Street.

Plan is captioned 'To the Revd T. Stephenson of Whitehaven. This plate is dedicated by his affectionate cousin T. Tyson 1790'.

Plan drawn by Day & HageLith and captioned 'Leeds Published by T.W. Green 34 Commercial Street.

Plan drawn by Day & HageLith and captioned 'Leeds Published by T.W. Green 34 Commercial Street.

Sketch is captioned 'Merton Church T.B. 1843' and it focuses on the church roof.

Sketch is captioned 'Merton Church (or Chapel of Ease) gable ends TB 1843'.

The building has a curved facade, clerestory windows, and curved pediment.

The sketch is drawn in pencil with a red and black wash.

The building has dormer windows and two-storey bay windows with a castellated design.

Rubbing from the top of the bay window of Kid Hall.

Drawn in pencil with a pink wash. Close attention to detail with representation of shadows and grass.

Sketches of the front elevations of both buildings. One has a three-storey bay window and a balcony.

One side depicts the elevation of a building with column. The other has a small ground plan and sketches of windows.

The house has one dormer window and a clerestory window.

The copies from The Architect are dated 11 March 1876 and 1 July 1876.

Diamond shaped design with interlocking shapes at centre. Captioned 'Blk'.

Building has multiple two-storey bay windows with lancet design. It has been drawn on the back of a letter.

Multiple corbel designs are depicted

Also includes a list of buildings depicted in The Architect journal.

Eight different tile designs with multicoloured wash. On the reverse, a lectern is depicted on a plinth.

Pencil drawing of the south elevation of Kid Hall restored.

One side shows a building (or some kind of gate - note the hinges) with multiple windows. The other has sketches of lancet windows with trefoil design.

The Christogram is a monogram symbolising Jesus Christ. It is written as IHS with a cross surmounting the H. It is an abbreviation of the name Jesus in Greek.

Note written in pencil on small piece of paper.

The building has two-storey bay windows, a turret, and a bell tower.

Nothing behind the flap.

Both doorways are framed by pillars

According to the sketch, the cottages are copied from page 537 of The Illustrated London News 27 November 1869. Below the sketch, there are notes about the cottages and the architect John Birch.

Depicts the castle from beyond the outer walls and is captioned 'RIpley Castle Yorkshire'.

Captioned 'Fountains Abbey 1843'.

Drawn in ink.

Pencil drawing of the floor plan of Kid Hall, as restored.

Captioned 'Exeter Houses in North Street I.L.News 21 August 1869'.

Captioned 'Exeter Old HousesFore Street I.L.News 21 August 1869'.

Very faded.

The text on the verso discusses a sculpture competition in 1842.

Lancet window with trefoil design.

Captioned 'in Wakefield'. The building has a timber front design.

The panel depicts a man presenting a document to a man in regal clothing.