Seating plans for events

SPCAA/D/30/3/(1-17)

February 1935 - March 1984

H.M Office of Works, Lord (1899 - 1963) Mottistone, Paul (1901 - 1985) Paget, Robert James (1909 - 2010) Potter, Martin John (1944-) Stancliffe, Benjamin Edgington

Drawings of cathedral floor and seating plans for various events held at St Paul's Cathedral. These include seating plans for 'Silver Jubilee, Thanksgiving service', two copies, one annotated; 'Raised Seating in St Paul's Cathedral, Stands in the Nave' for the Silver Jubilee Celebrations; 'Plan of East End of Crypt, O.B.E Chapel seating plan'; 'Plan of Church Floor showing seating arrangements with aisle and chair numbers included; 'Plan of Church Floor' with seating plan showing number of seats in each area of the cathedral including the dome, nave and north and south transepts, two copies; 'Plan of Church Floor' with annotations showing seating arrangements in dome, nave and north and south transepts, two copies, one unclear; another copy of the 'Plan of Church Floor' but with annotations showing seating and stage position for Ballet, 13th December; 'Plan of Church Floor' showing a staging area for an unknown event; 'Plan of Church Floor' also showing plan of the north and south choir boxes; Seating arrangements for a choir and orchestra; plan showing rows of seats in front of pulpit; 'Plan of Church Floor - Nave Altar seating'; 'Church Floor Plan - Proposals for new internal layout' and; seating plan at West Front for unknown event.

17 drawings

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