ID: 700002957 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002957	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Metcalfe House (historic house; unknown architect, built for Thomas Metcalfe (British civil ...; ca. 1835-1844; Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...;)

Note: Located on the banks of the Jumna river, adjacent to Delhi, this colonial bungalow featured a columned veranda and curved portico surrounded by water features and gardens. The house contained Metcalfe's extensive library of over 20,000 books, including an entire room devoted to memorabilia of Napoleon Bonaparte. During the Uprising of 1857, the building was destroyed and the library looted. The building was later used for an academy to train civil service probationers and today forms part of government offices.

Titles:

Metcalfe House (preferred,C,U,English,U,U)

Metcalfe's House (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

historic house [300008064] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, historic buildings)

municipal building [300006054]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, public buildings (governmental buildings), <public buildings by location or context>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 1835-1844

Creator Display:

unknown architect, built for Thomas Metcalfe (British civil servant and commissioner, 1795-1853) [preferred,VP]

architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

patron Metcalfe, Thomas (British civil servant and commissioner, 1795-1853) [500356885]

Locations:

Current: Delhi [7001535] Delhi territory (union territory), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: stone

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	porticoes [300004145]
	.......(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by location or context>, exterior covered spaces)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

British (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	British Colonial Indian [300018958] (preferred,period)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, South Asian, Indian (South Asian), Colonial Indian)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	dwelling [300005425]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures) (AAT)

Related Works:

	related to .... Metcalfe Stables [700002959]
	..........stable (animal housing); unknown architect, built for Thomas Metcalfe (British civil ...; 19th century; Delhi (Delhi, Bhārat, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hierarc...;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: residential structures

Sources and Contributors:
Metcalfe House	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 20 March 2015
	........ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [online] (2004-) accessed 20 March 2015
Metcalfe's House	........ [VP]
	........ Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 44

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 44-45

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [online] (2004-) accessed 20 March 2015
	..... Masselos et al., Beato's Delhi (2000) 44
	..... Victoria and Albert Museum [online] (2010) accessed 20 March 2015