[D...on, H?], fl 1875 :House erected near Marton for the Honourable W Fox, Feb. 13, 1874.

Shows front and side elevations and ground floor plan of Westoe, William Fox's home near Marton, Rangitikei, built 1872. A key indicates the function of most rooms, apart from the stables on the right. A small sketch in the centre shows a couple, possibly intended for William and Sarah Fox, standing alongside a tall measuring device, perhaps to indicate the height of the house, relative to human height. Another figure stands alongside, holding a spear and gesturing in the direction of the house.

This drawing of Westoe does not appear to be the work of the architect, Charles Tringham. It omits some details, such as chimneys. The title, 'House erected near Marton for the Hon.ble W. Fox, February 13 1874' suggests that the house was already built. The tender for the work on the house was let at the end of 1871. The contractor, Lambert, became insolvent in mid-1872. The owners of the house in 2008 claimed that the work was completed by H. Austin in 1874 but the source of this information is not known. Fox's watercolour WC-050, showing the apparently completed house, with an embryonic garden is dated 1872

The script used is extremely difficult to decipher. The same script appears on the nearly identical print at C-154-003, and on another drawing attributed to Tringham at Plans-80-0455. The script may be that of Tringham's draughtsman

Other Titles - Austin Neeson Dawson Westoe Dowson Doulton

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H? Iveson? Austin? Newton? Dawson? Dowson? del, Feb 13 1874

House, named `Westoe', was designed by Charles Tringham and built by H Austin of Halcombe (Information transcribed from the Library's catalogue card. The source of this information is unknown. Halcombe township did not exist until after 1875).

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Dye line print, 340 x 460 mm

Alternative form available: Aperture Card - 554589