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Pencil plan with red wash on walls. Measurements included.

One side shows a rough pencil plan with minimal measurements. The other shows a pencil plan of the same building with red wash on the walls and more extensive measurements.

The sketches and notes are drawn in ink. The notes detail the composition (including limestone and hair) of '[?] floor'. They also describe girders at an asylum and 'tiles in cement'.

Shows wall extending down a slope with detail of columns, brickwork, and gates.

Includes dining room, drawing room, and cook's cornices

One side has very light sketches of a building and the other has three sketches of brickwork, including what appears to be the bottom of a column.

One side shows a sketch of cast iron machinery with additional close-up of the contraption. The other side shows two rough sketches of a shed.

The outline of an arc can be seen and there are some numbers included on the right hand side

The lists of windows and doors are written in pencil and the twelve apostles are written in ink

The church is named but difficult to decipher. Payments are listed including for 'lyme about the steeple', 'glue', and 'strong mort'. William Harrison is named as a payee.

Two sketches of a gas light in pencil; one is highly detailed. Two sketches of the same light are also attached on tracing paper.

Two small sketches. One side shows the columns and entablature of an unidentified building and the other is a sketch of brickwork. Both are coloured in black and pink.

One side depicts a rough sketch of a capital with measurements. The other shows a rough sketch of a staircase with the outline of iron railings and the caption '[?] for the iron work'.

A folded A0 piece of paper contains pencil sketches of columns and a black ink drawing of floral entablature

Measurements are given on a rough sketch titled 'Style Molding (Plain)'. There are also two more sketches, one with an indecipherable title and the other showing a decorative design. 'York Mansion House' is written underneath the central sketch.

The sketch shows a lodge with doric columns. It is situated beside the entrance to a driveway framed by stone pillars. The design resembles the doric lodge at the Wentworth Estate. The lodge is surrounded by foliage and there is a rough outline of a male statue on the right hand side. There is also a faint indication of a river with a bridge sketched across it.

The sketches are on paper that is roughly A1 size. They are very rough with minimal detail and no measurements

There are two elevations with plans detailing the ground and first floors. A scale has been provided.

The drawing shows a crowned male figure with a sword and armour. A coat of arms is sketched below him with words that are difficult to decipher. The statue is set into an unidentified building and is surrounded by an ornately carved design.

On one side of the paper there is a design of an opening drawn in black ink. This resembles a door but the position of the handle suggests a different function, as it would require a hinge on the bottom rather than the side. The other side of the paper shows the elevation and ground plan of an unidentified building drawn faintly in pencil. This building resembles a church.

The stone carving designs are scallop shaped and drawn in pencil. The floral detail is also drawn in penci,l but it is more elaborate and boldly delineated

One side of the paper has a decorative motif in a brown wash. The other has a pencil sketch in a square shape with a floral design at the centre

Pencil sketch of an unidentified frame with focus on the detail of one section

The drawing shows a door with a rounded top shaped in imitation of the sun. It is drawn in black ink on tracing paper, which has been folded multiple times.

Multiple perspectives of window and a large scale design of what appears to be a hinge mechanism

Buildings and rooms shown in the plan include a stable, coal room, scully, sitting room, kitchen, and shop.

The ground plan is drawn in pencil with a brown wash to indicate the walls

Rubbing of the outer face of the arches in the head of the bay window of Kid Hall.

This is a piece of paper, cut-out in the shape of a square, with part of an article printed on one side and the illustrated 'E' on the other. The article discusses the engraver William Etty.

The sketch showing the exterior of church and the bell tower.

One of the buildings has a cross erected on the roof, which is at an extremely steep pitch. The other building has a two-storey bay window and a bell tower. There are multiple ground plans and there is a note about colouring bricks with additional comments, including the year 1847.

The sketch is captioned 'Labourers' Cottages Society of Arts Prize Design by Mr John Birch', 'Estimate £203..0..0' and 'Builder 31 December 1864'.

The sketch is captioned 'Penshurst Kent' and shows the outside of the building which has a castellated design.

The sketch is a copy from Illustrated London News, 13 January 1872. It is captioned 'A Street in Rouen after S. Read Illustrated London News Jan 13 1872'. The original artist is Samuel Read (1815-1883) and the drawing depicts people in a street surrounded by shops and timber framed buildings.

The sketch is a copy from The Builder journal 21 July 1866. It is captioned 'Alt Stadt Bridge Gate Prague Builder 21 July 1866 p.548'. It shows the Late Gothic tower, designed by Peter Parler, with sculptures of saints and coats of arms.

5 sketches showing different cornices

The ground plan includes the drawing room, conservatory, library, dining room, and the multiple entrances. The building has a bow shaped wall surrounding the conservatory.

The sketch shows two sides of the building, which has bay windows, multipaned windows, and a crenellated wall.

Small pencil sketch of one exterior wall, which has lots of multipaned and lancet windows. Appears to be a copy of a print in the Illustrated London News 1872.

The sketch shows the college viewed from the quad

The sketch shows the entrance to the castle and appears to be copied from 'The Pictorial History of France...' by George Moir Bussey and Thomas Gaspey. The designs in the book are by Jules David.

The sketch depicts the gatehouse and is copied from the 14 September 1872 edition of the Illustrated London News. It is captioned 'Castle of the Counts of Flanders Ghent'.

The copy has been made in ink on tracing paper. It is labelled in pencil 'Ottley's engraving' and 'Annunciation from the Biblia Pauperum'. Ottley is thought to refer to William Young Ottley's book 'An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving Upon Copper and in Wood'.

Shows the exterior of two houses with the caption 'Ancient Houses on the Quay, Ghent'. Thought to be a copy of an engraving printed in 1872 which is titled 'Porte Rabot, ancient houses on the Quay, Ghent'.

Sketch of a large ornate building with multipaned windows. Captioned 'House at Moulins France circa 1500" and "See Builder vol.8 page 618". This copy of The Builder was published 28 December 1850

Shows part of an octagonal building with multiple entrances. No identifying labels but the word 'ogonal' appears to be written, perhaps referring to the octagonal shape.

Small sketch showing the tower with two figures outside it. Captioned 'Tower at the Chateau Chenonceau".

Small sketch captioned 'East View of Watton Abbey'. Shows the abbey from a distance with two towers enclosing a building with lancet windows.

The sketch is captioned 'Kitchen at Fontevraud' and shows the exterior of the building with its octagonal roof.

The sketch shows an entrance and through road with foliage growing around the building's windows.

The sketch shows the entrance, which is situated below a bow window and crenellated tower.

The sketch is captioned 'Hotel de Cluny Paris' and 'Builder Vol. 10 page 296'. It shows two people stood outside a corner of the hotel with an open door and ornate bow window to their right.

The sketch shows the exterior of the castle and is captioned 'Hever Castle Kent'. It shows two connected sides of the castle with crenellated towers on the corners.

The miniature sketch is printed in sepia and there is a caption in very small writing: 'old staircase [?] lantern of Duomo Milan'.

The sketch is captioned 'The Old Hall Place de Bruges Germany'. It shows the exterior of the building and appears to be a copy of an illustration also found on page 101 of 'The Pictorial Gallery of Arts...' published in 1847 by Charles Knight.

The small sketch is captioned 'Hotel Dieu Beaune' and 'Builder 1853 p.433'. This almshouse is also known as the Hospices de Beaune and the sketch depicts the exterior of one of the houses.

The small sketch is captioned 'Tom Tower Christchurch [sic] Oxford'. It shows the bell tower over Tom Gate.

The sketch depicts a tower at the end of a wall with windows on four storeys and a weather vane at the top of the roof. There is a large entrance at the base of the tower.

The sketch is captioned 'The Founders Tower Magdalen' and 'Illustrated London News 16 July 1870 page 73'. The sketch depicts the tower from outside the entrance and shows foliage growing up the edges of the building.

Sketch captioned 'Genoa' and depicts the grand entrance to an unidentified building with a thin tower above it.

Sketch captioned 'On the Canal Ghent' and shows the canal with an octagonal building above it. It appears to be a copy of a print in the Illustrated London News 1872

Sketch captioned 'Marienplatze [sic] Munich'. It depicts the Mariensaule (a Marian column) and the surrounding buildings.

Small sketch captioned 'Old Palace at Bamberg'. It depicts the exterior of an ornate building in detail with some smaller buildings roughly sketched in the foreground.

Small sketch captioned 'The Chateau of Dieppe'. It shows the castle from beyond the surrounding walls. This may be a copy of an engraving printed in the 'Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopedique universel illustre', which was published under the direction of Jules Trousset between 1886 and 1891.

The miniature tracing paper sketch is titled 'Haddon Hall Derbyshire' and shows the windows and turrets of part of the building.

The sketch is captioned '[Former?] Front of the Gate House to the Old Priory Montacute Somersetshire'. The porch is captioned 'Porch of the time of Henry VIII' and there is also a line indicating the 'line of sheds' and below the bow window the caption reads 'Entrance Arch hidden by sheds'. Thought to be an adaptation of an illustration printed on page 366 of The Builder Vol. 3, 1845.

The sketch is captioned 'Pulver Gate at Prague' and 'Builder 21 July 1866 page 543'.

The sketch depicts the outside of a building with elaborate decoration, a tower, and lancet windows.

The sketch depicts one exterior wall of the building, which has ornate bow windows and figures standing outside. A domed roof crowned with a cross is visible. The sketch is captioned 'Ghent' and there is a word resembling 'Mayence' on the right hand side.

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'.