The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . and Fellows of Peterhouse will allow of the erection of thetwo wings represented in Mr Basevis original design, whenever suchadditions may be required. The estimate now furnished by Mr Basevi exceeds that which accom-panied his original plan [£40,000] by the sum of ,£16,800. Thewhole of this excess however is not owing to the proposed alterations inthe Design and Materials ; part being due to the expense of such of theexternal sculpture, as was not included in the former calculation, andpart t
The architectural history of the University of Cambridge, and of the colleges of Cambridge and Eton . and Fellows of Peterhouse will allow of the erection of thetwo wings represented in Mr Basevis original design, whenever suchadditions may be required. The estimate now furnished by Mr Basevi exceeds that which accom-panied his original plan [£40,000] by the sum of ,£16,800. Thewhole of this excess however is not owing to the proposed alterations inthe Design and Materials ; part being due to the expense of such of theexternal sculpture, as was not included in the former calculation, andpart to the rise in the prices of building materials since the originalestimate was made. Mr Basevi subsequently explained that he intended to raise the square part over the portico four feet and a half. It wasof course necessary to inform the Senate of this further alteration,the above Report having been published before the receipt of 208 HISTORY OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM. [CHAP. Mr Basevis letter1. It was therefore announced in the follow-ing Grace, which passed without opposition, 3 March, 1837 :. Fig. 1. Ground plan of the Fitzwilliam Museum, as designed by George Basevi: from a lithograph drawn and published by himself in 1837. 1 [The words between inverted commas occur in a letter addressed by Mr Basevito the Vice-Chancellor, 21 February, 1837. The Vice-Chancellors reply has not beenpreserved, but Mr Basevi wrote again, 24 February ; I am truly concerned to hearthat I have caused unnecessary trouble both to yourself and the Senate by not havingearlier alluded to the increased height the Elevation would exhibit of the centre part ofthe Fitzwilliam building. I trust T shall meet with indulgence when I explain, thatat the time of the competition, I had not fully determined, to my own satisfaction, IV.] HISTORY OF THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM. 209 To adopt the Report of the 13th instant of the Fitzwilliam Syndi-cate, with the understanding that the height of the whole Building is tobe
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