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CJA-TCH-a-44 · File · [1980-1983]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Ground Floor; Winter Spring rejects; Sundial rejects'

Includes:
-b&w photographs of clay head, one labelled 'Early Spring'
-colour slides of the Samuel Eliot Morison sculpture by Penelope Jencks
-pencil designs for furniture
-pencil designs on tracing paper for seating in Spring
-photocopy elevations of the Spring fireplace
-typescript list of marble colours for the Spring and Winter fireplaces on Michael Graves headed paper
-photocopy design for astrological symbols
-photocopy titled 'Jencks Fireplace: wall stencil' with colour key, and used stencils
-photocopy of Botticelli's Primavera from an unknown publication
-typescript 'Sculptural Program for Spring Fireplace'
-whiteprint by Michael Graves Architect titled 'Spring Fireplace: Terrace House', 1983, folded
-manuscript letter from [Penelope Jencks] to Charles regarding sculpture costs on the back of a photocopy letter relating to the Morison Monument
-typescript notes on Winter and Hephaestus
-photocopy from an unknown publication relating to Hephaestus
-pencil plans for terrace seating in the Architectural Library
-pencil sketch plan on tracing paper
-b&w polaroid photographs of Spring annotated in pen with numbers and attached to a piece of paper. Pencil annotations on the paper regarding the use of the photographs
-whiteprint by Michael Graves Architect titled 'Terrace House Fireplace, Mar 1982', folded. Two copies, one has the bottom corner cut out but still with the whiteprint, the other has some pencil annotations
-whiteprint by Terry Farrell Partnership titled 'Terrace House: Survey - Winter Chimneybreast', Nov 1981, folded. Two copies, one has a fireplace drawn on in pencil.
-pencil and pen designs for seating in the Sundial Arcade
-pencil manuscript notes titled 'Hephaestus Program'
-copy letters from Charles to Michael Graves regarding commissions for the fireplaces and possible sculptors for Spring
-colour photograph of an unidentified sculpture
-pencil sketch on tracing paper of the ceiling in Winter
-heavily annotated Ground Floor plan with alternative room arrangements and notes of problems
-sundial diagram by Mark Lennox-Boyd with covering note

Thematic House
CJA-TCH-a-45 · File · nd [1980-1984]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House' and relating to the London Columns and Room of Doubles.

Includes:
-prints on photographic paper of computer-generated column designs with numbers
-photocopy designs for the Room of Doubles, coloured in with coloured pencil
-photocopy from an unknown publication of a decorative column
-photocopy designs for the London Columns
-colour photograph of an ornately decorated room annotated on reverse 'Sala Terena' [possibly Sala Terrena, Vienna]

The Jencks Suite
CJA-TCH-a-46 · File · 24 Dec 1983
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Ink drawings, watercolours and typescript commentary by Ian Hamilton Finlay of proposals for the garden. The designs include: Sundial, Benches, Herms, Obelisk and Roman Fragments.

The designs are presented in a series of folded cards, numbered 1; 2; 2a; 3; 4; 4a; 5; 4a ,5a; 5a; 6; 6a; 7; 8; 9; 10; 10a. Some of the designs and typescript documents have come loose from the cards.

Finlay, Ian Hamilton
[Sectional Drawing]
CJA-TCH-a-47 · File · nd [1978-1984]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Sectional Drawing of 19 Lansdowne Walk showing some of the furniture designed specifically for the house and the function of some of the rooms.

Three copies; one photocopy, one whiteprint and one on photographic paper.

CJA-TCH-a-48 · File · [1978-1982]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Bundle of drawings on tracing paper labelled on a post-it note "Farrell Partnership: South Elevation Dwgs; Solar Storage Ideas Circa 1982? Or before?"

The bundle is wrapped in a large piece of folded tracing paper with manuscript notes in pen on Orientation; Heat Loss Insulation; Thermal Mass; Solar Gains; Incidental Heat Gains; Fabric Losses and Infiltration Losses; Over-heating; Shading Devices. Inside are options for different arrangements of glass on the rear elevations and the likely impact of the sun.

Farrells
CJA-TCH-a-49 · File · 1980
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

7 whiteprint designs for 19 Lansdowne Walk; 1 design on tracing paper; 1 A4 paper annotated 'Thematic House - Bill Reed'.

The whiteprints consist of:
-Terry Farrell Partnership, Final Design Drawing, First Floor Plan, 1 Oct 1980 [two copies]
-Terry Farrell Partnership, Final Design Drawing, Second Floor Plan, 1 Oct 1980 [two copies]
-Terry Farrell Partnership, Cabinets & Kitchen, Aug 1981 [two copies]
-Farrell- Grimshaw Partnership, Section Thro' Annex, April 198[0] [damaged]

The tracing paper design is unlabelled but relates to the Sundial Arcade.

Farrells
CJA-TCH-a-5 · File · 1978-1979
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Thematic House: Engineering Report'.

Includes:
-Unlabelled perspective drawings (folded)
-Annex Plans by Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership June 1979 with pen annotations (folded)
-felt tip pen on tracing paper labelled 'Rear Elevation; Jencks' House Nov '78 (folded)
-comb-bound printed report by ACRAED titled 'A Feasibility Study of Passive Solar Heating for the Jenks House 19 Lansdown Walk, London March 1979' [sic] including 8 options for insulation and glazing of the house and conservatory with a comparison of predicted heating loads and costs.
-Notes in ink on tracing paper titled 'Design Solutions + Performance Analysis?' mainly regarding insulation, heating and solar energy collection (folded)
-calculation sheets from David French & Partners labelled 'preliminary' detailing loading calculations, with ink sketches on reverse

[Elevations]
CJA-TCH-a-50 · File · nd [1977-1979]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

9 pen drawings on tracing paper labelled as follows:
1 - Side Elevation : Structure
Side Elevation : Ideas - 1
Side Elevation : Ideas - 2
1 - Rear Elevation : Structure
2 - Rear Elevation : Structure
Rear Elevation : Ideas - 1
Rear Elevation : Ideas - 2
Rear Elevation : Ideas - 3
Rear Elevation : Ideas - 4

The drawings labelled 'structure' each have a key showing 'Existing openings - to be left', 'Existing openings - to be filled in' and 'New Openings proposed'. The drawings labelled 'ideas' are alternative proposals for the West and Rear elevations.

[Rear elevation]
CJA-TCH-a-51 · File · nd [1978-1984]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive
Photocopied designs for the rear elevation, showing the two conservatory windows, the Bathpool window and the garden stairs. Some of the designs have been shaded with coloured pencil.
[Thematic House]
CJA-TCH-a-52 · File · [1979]
Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Unlabelled bundle of whiteprint plans and axonometric drawings for 19 Lansdowne Walk. The majority of the drawings are marked as being by the Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership.

Comprises:
-Study/Roof Structure
-[unlabelled drawings showing the arrangement of rooms around the stairwell]
-Section, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Study/Gallery, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Second Floor and Roof Gallery, June 1979
-[unlabelled section]
-Plans for the Lower Ground, Ground, Studio + Gallery and Roof + Terrace, folded
-[unlabelled plans and sections]
-Proposed Conservatory Addition, Jun 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Studio/Gallery, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Second Floor, May 1979 Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Study/Gallery, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-First Floor/Terrace, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Section, May 91979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Ground Floor, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership with pen annotations
-Proposed Restoration and Additions, Jan 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership - includes elevations and plans
-[unlabelled section showing the stairwell]
-Section, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Light Well: Ideas
-Study + Roof: Structure with pen annotations
-Ground Floor, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Lower Ground Floor, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership, with pen annotations
-First Floor/Terrace, May 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership
-Proposed Conservatory Addition, June 1979, Farrell/Grimshaw Partnership

Farrells