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  • image SM 28/2/13

Reference number

SM 28/2/13

Purpose

[14] Working drawing for the timberwork, July 1785

Aspect

Section from A to B with details of roof trusses added and Section from C to D, pencil detail by builder

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to one foot

Inscribed

as above, (Sanders) Sections of Tendring Hall, building and some timber dimensions given, In one depth, One depth (three times), (Soane) One purloin (sic) & 6 Ins.Aq. / Poll Plate 6 by 4 / Rafter 5 by 2½ / in the longest bays / & in that / proportion / in the other bays, calculations and (pencil, builder) 38.4 Garret / 33.4 flat pine / 32.4 Garret ---- - -- (illegible), (unidentified hand, verso) Best Stairs

Signed and dated

  • datable to 1785

Medium and dimensions

pen, red pen for some lettering, pencil on cartridge paper with three fold marks and chamfered corners (585 x 450)

Hand

Robert Baldwin (fl. 1762-1804) with Soane notes and revisions, pencil notes by builder

Notes

SM 28/2/19, SM 28/2/13 and SM 28/2/21 can be grouped together since they deal with information on the disposition and size of timbers required by the carpenter. 'Purloin' was the term used at this time for 'purlin' - the longitudinal timber in a roof, resting on the principal rafters, and carrying the common rafters. This drawing shows an Ionic order on the ground floor and a Corinthian order to the first floor. SM volume 41/75, dated 27 May, 1786, shows the details of a more inventive leaf capital.

Level

Drawing

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