[6] Working drawing for alterations and additions to the offices, 1791

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  - Skelton Castle, Yorkshire North Riding (now Cleveland): (executed) stables and alterations to the offices for John Wharton, 1790-1791 (10)
    - Working Drawings for alterations and additions to the Offices at Skelton Castle (5)

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Reference number

SM 30/1A/1

Purpose

[6] Working drawing for alterations and additions to the offices, 1791

Aspect

Rough survey (or copy of existing ?) plan of ground floor in Soane's hand

Scale

to a rough scale

Inscribed

rooms labelled: Brewh:[ouse], Wood & / Coals, mens / necess[ariu]m, clean^gShoes / & / Knives, Servants Hall, necess[arium] (a three-holer), dress^g/ room, Arched / & secured from / Kitchenfire, Butler, Press, Work^g/ Pantry, Passage (twice), H Keeper, Closet, Lobby, Store / room / & / more / in / Cellar / for / Soap / candles, Stairs to / Cellar, Strong room, Steward, (pale brown pen) , Kitchen, China / Closet , Still room / (pale brown pen) dry Larder, Wet Larder, (pale brown pen) Housekeeper, (pale brown pen) Store room, Passage, Scullery, Arched / Entrance / to / Kitchen C^t, Dust / & / Cinders, Wet larder, Coals, Washouse /put ---tubs, (light brown pen) Chamber / above, Laundry, (light brown pen) Chamber above, Iron:, womens / necess[arium] -three-seater), Fol[din]^gtable, Mangle, (light brown pen) Mangle / room, Brewh:[house], Wood / & / Coals, (pale brown pen) Steward / perhaps, Office Court, Pump; notes a. equal / b. d^o / c. to take Coals out of Cellar / for the use of Laundry & washouse / perhaps 2 Still Rooms & f. dry Lard[er] / Floor of Servants Hall 18 inches / 2 feet below the level (pale brown pen) of the other offices / in Stables / Ale & Beer Cellars under Servants Hall / & Butlers Pantry / (pale brown pen) O Q^y[query] Door from Steward's Room / X Gate & might hang under / this Arch way, compass points NSEW, a few dimensions given and Skelton Castle, the / Seat of John Wharton Esq^re

Signed and dated

1791
1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, light brown pen some pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (389 x 402)

Hand

Soane

Watermark

Portal & Bridges

Literature

N. Pevsner, Yorkshire: the North Riding, 1966, p.343-4; P.Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.177

Level

Drawing

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