Design for two fireplaces for Tower House, Melbury Road, Kensington, London, one for the room above the drawing room incorporating carved monkey-like gremlin creatures, the other for the drawing room depicting an angel: elevations, sections and details

RIBA Ref No RIBA32642

Architect/Designer	Burges, William (1827-1881)
Artist/Photographer	Burges, William (1827-1881)
Country	UK: England
City	London
Subject Date	1878
Image Date	1877
View	Interior
Style	Gothic Revival
Medium	Drawing
Library Reference	SB132/BURG[15]455
Orientation	Landscape
Colour Info	Colour
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Decorative stonework ; Houses ; Sculpture ; Architects' houses ; Fireplaces

NOTES: The sketched fireplace at the bottom of the page (featuring a carved angel) appears to relate to the 'Roman de la Rose' chimneypiece in the drawing room of Tower House.

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