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Survey of London Monograph 4, the Great House, Leyton

By Edwin Gunn. An account of the Great House, built in the early years of the eighteenth century by Sir Fisher Tench.

Survey of London. Originally published by Guild & School of Handicraft, London, 1903.

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Table of contents

Title Page(s)
Survey Committee 3-4
Preface 5
List of illustrations 7
Introductory note on the public duty of preserving the Great House 9-10
The Great House, Leyton 11-22
Index 23-24
Bibliography 25
Plate 1: Conjectural view of the house as in 1720 1
Plate 2: Basement plan 2
Plate 3: Ground floor plan 3
Plate 4: First floor plan 4
Plate 5: Attic plan 5
Plate 6: North-west elevation, entrance front 6
Plate 7: South-east elevation to garden 7
Plate 8: View of entrance front 8
Plate 9: Vases on parapet of roof, entrance front 9
Plate 10: Exterior details 10
Plate 11: Exterior details 11
Plate 12: Sections through house 12
Plate 13: Details of Hall and landing 13
Plate 14: Details of stairs 14
Plate 15: Carved spandrils and corbel of stairs in Hall 15
Plate 16: Details of stairs, first floor 16
Plate 17: Details of oak-panelled room 17
Plate 18: Details of south parlour 18
Plate 19: Chimney piece in first floor room 19
Plate 20: Hall and staircase 20
Plate 21: Stable building 21
Plate 22: Tomb of Sir Fisher and Lady Tench 22
Plate 23: Arms of Tench, Fisher and Oliver 23
Plate 24: Staircase and landing on first floor 24
Plate 25: Entrance front and stables in 1902 25