Held by Bristol Record Office the Kings Weston Book of Drawings is an incredible portfolio of 125 designs many relating to the reconstruction of the house and grounds at Kings Weston. The drawings span a period of between 1690 and 1730 and include an array of proposals both built and unbuilt, as well as a number of drawings for projects at other locations around Bristol, and many unknown schemes. Only some of the book is illustrated here.
If you would like to see the original book it is available free to anyone by requesting it at the Bristol Record Office ‘B’ Bond Warehouse Smeaton Road Bristol, BS1 6XN. You will need the document reference number: BRO33746
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- First and attic floor plans of the old mansion house at Kings Weston. BRO 33746 no118 to 120
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- Ground plan and proposed elevations of the old mansion house at Kings Weston. BRO 33746 no115 to 117
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- Front elevation of Kings Weston House with Vanbrugh’s notional sketches for urns and statue of Diana
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- Engraving of the principle front of Kings Weston House presumed to be a draft for that included in Vitruvius Britannicus, with notes. BRO 33746 no006
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- Dimenssioned drawing of the ‘Sea Front’ of Kings Weston House. BRO 33746 no014
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- Vanbrugh’s proposed kitchen wing to the north of the house, now demolished. BRO 33746 no034
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- 1717 Contract drawing for the carving of urns for the North front of Kings Weston House. BRO 33746 no019
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- Proposal for stone sphinx for the ‘cheeks’ of the steps leading to the principle front of Kings Weston House, after Jean Lepautre. BRO 33746 no008
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- Design for the plinth for the statue of Hercules at Kings Weston. BRO 33746 no022
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- Mr Townsend’s 1717 proposals to terminate the middle-way, the end of the terrace overlooking the Severn.BRO 33746 no038
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- Vanbrugh’s 1717/18 proposal for a gate for the Great Court at Kings Weston, unexecuted. BRO 33746 no017
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- Vanbrugh’s first design for the Loggia, to front the existing Banqueting House. BRO 33746 no031
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- Vanbrugh’s second, 1718, design for the Loggia to front the old banqueting House at Kings Weston. BRO 33746 no030
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- Drawing of the Banqueting House roof and ceiling. BRO 33746 no042
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- Vanbrugh’s 1722 proposal for a stone arch to terminate the ‘Middle Way’ at the end of the terrace overlooking the Severn. BRO 33746 no016
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- Proposals for poultry houses located adjacent to the kitchen wing. BRO 33746 no071
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- Proposals for poultry and chicken houses located adjacent to the kitchen wing. BRO 33746 no015
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- My Gilmore’s proposal for a bathhouse for Mr Southwell, 1708. BRO 33746 no086
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- Octagonal lodge house proposed for Longcombe in Shirehampton Park. BRO 33746 no024
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- Unknown proposal for a garden building. BRO 33746 no040
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- Mr Price’s proposals for new stables at Kings Weston, 1720. BRO 33746 no004
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- Existing survey and proposed garden and pond below the Sea Front at Kings Weston. BRO 33746 no127
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- Plan showing the rear of Kings Weston House, the proposed kitchens, abanqueting house and great terrace.BRO 33746 no052
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- Drawing for Kingsweston Inn. Completed, but since heavily altered. BRO 33746 no035 & 036
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- Initial designs for Kingsweston Inn, or alehouse, 1718. Unexecuted. BRO 33746 no032
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- 1723. Mr Campbell’s design for Penpole Lodge. Unexecuted. BRO 33746 no037
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- Design for a viewing Mound on Conger Hill overlooking Longcombe in Shirehampton Park, 1724. BRO 33746
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- Design for a stone doorway. Loaction unknown. BRO 33746 no041
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- Drawing of a rusticated doorway, after Palladio. BRO 33746 no002
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- Design for a small house, probably from Vanbrugh’s studio. Location unknown. BRO 33746 no005
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- Survey of the gradient between Kings Weston House towards Shirehampton Park, 1720. BRO 33746 no043[a]