CABMEN’S SHELTER MEASURED DRAWINGS
( TOGETHER WITH A HORSE TROUGH AND HANSOM CAB )
I did these drawings for the Victorian Society / Architect’s Journal / Wiggins Teape measured drawing competition in 1978.
I measured the shelter in Kensington Road, on the south side of Kensington Gardens; the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association horse trough in Bayswater Road; and a Hansom Cab in a museum. All the shelters vary in their details, and the Kensington Road one was subsequently restored.
Needless to say I never expected to (and did not) win, but I was complemented on my section through the Welsh Cob cab horse! The drawings are now in English Heritage’s National Monuments Record Archive in Swindon, who can supply copies.
All drawings copyright Roger J Morgan 1978 and 2024
