The RIBA library database
In April 2023 I make a return visit to the RIBA Library and make a database request for:
Hubbard, George, 1859-1936
The search returns the following 5 titles.
A bigger picture.
Citation: vol. 119, no. 5, 2012 May, p. 18.
Journal title: RIBA journal
The gardens of Witanhurst, Highgate, London.
Citation: vol. 20, 2015/2016, p. 19-41.
Journal title: London gardener
Author: Clode, Kristina
Going from bard to worse.
Citation: vol. 116, no. 11, 2009 Nov., p. 16.
Journal title: RIBA journal
[Microfilms of the Drawings Collection]. Phase M.
Author: British Architectural Library. Drawings Collection
Reels 1-21: 1840-1914.
Published: London : World Microfilms.
Stuart House, Cambridge.
Author: University of Cambridge. Board of Extra-Mural Studies
Published: [Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1926].
PAMPHLET Q28
All are interesting. I choose [Microfilms of the Drawings Collection]. Phase M.
I'm sure I'll revisit the other 4 titles. I Contact [email protected] to discover what drawings are held.
Specifically original drawings, not scans or microfilms. And that will mean a visit to the V&A Study Room.
What do they hold?
Drawings and archives response
[Collection of drawings]
Hubbard, George, 1859-1936
Cefalu (Italy): Cathedral, measured drawings, 1896 [PA70/1 (1-2) & PB225/16(1-8)]
London (Southwark): Albany Arms, public house, No. 209 Albany Road, designs for alterations & additions, 1897 [PA1190/3(1-4)]
London (Southwark): Beehive Tavern, No. 62 Carter Street, designs for alterations & additions, 1899 [PA1190/17] HUBBARD
Designs for Parkfield, now Witanhurst, West Hill, Highgate, (Hornsey), Camden, London, for Sir Arthur Crosfield, by George Hubbard
General note:
1914-15
6 sheets
Designs for a town house
Plans, elevations & sections
Parkfield (Witanhurst) had gardens designed by Harold Peto (1854-1933) of which there are also designs in the RIBA Drawings Collection.
Houses: town: Great Britain: England: London: Camden: (Hornsey): West Hill, Highgate, Witanhurst
Provenance:
People:
[DR51/1(1-6)]
Purchased, 1989
Client: Sir Arthur Crosfield
Corporate name:
Hubbard & Moore
[Collection of drawings]
London (Southwark): Duke of Sussex public house, Park Road, designs for rebuilding,
1905-1906 [PA1191/9(1-10)]
London (Merton): No. 4 The Grange, Wimbledon, designs (photocopies) [RAN 65/F/2]
I request drawings of the following:
Cathedral of Cefalù
Albany Arms, Southwark
Beehive Tavern, Southwark
Duke of Sussex, Southwark
A visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum is arranged for June 2023
Albany Arms, Southwark
Demolished.
Beehive Tavern, Southwark
Closed.
"One of the darkest days in the history of the Beehive was on 23 June 1944. The citizens of Walworth had suffered greatly during the blitz but after D-day you could perhaps excuse them for thinking that the worst was over. Yet just over the Channel, Hitler was preparing to unleash a terrible new vengeance weapon on London. At 02:28, Carter Street was shaken by a massive explosion. A V1 flying bomb had hit demolishing at least five houses and causing severe blast damage to many other properties in the surrounding streets.
"The pub survived with minor damage."
I make a trip to the Duke of Sussex, Southwark
As visited on 25/5/2023
Southwark?
That's where Shakespeare's Globe is located.
George Hubbard researched the location of the original site of the Globe.
Refer to his book "On the Site of the Globe Playhouse of Shakespeare: Lying to the North of Maiden Lane, Bankside, Southwark"
A modern reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, named "Shakespeare's Globe", opened in 1997 approximately 750 feet (230 m) from the site of the original theatre.