Scale
bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Lintels over all openings 5in thick & the whole / width of the inner Walls with 9in Wall / held at each end - / Plates all round the Walls 7in 5in dove- / tailed & pinned together at the Angles / Ridge 2in thick & 7in wide / Hip Rafters 7in by 3in / Common Rafters 5in x 2"½ not more than / 13 Inches apart / Purloins 5in x 5in / Collars 6 x 3 / 5 pair Principal Rafters 6" x 3" / Posts under do - 4 x 3 / 5 Tye Beams 8 x 4 cawked down / & pinned on the Plates - / 2 binding Joints 6 x 3 / Ceiling Joints 3 x 2 framed / 1in¼ Gutter boards, not less than / 10 in wide, laid with 2" drips & / a current of an Inch to 10 foot / 3 Tiers of Bond Timber in each / Story 4in x 2in½ - one Tie laid in / 6in above the Floors - One Tier 2 F 6"above the floors, & one Tier in the / middle betwixt the heights of the / latter Bond & the bottom of the / plate under each floor - all spiked / & lapped together // Plates under all the Floors 7 x 5 dove- / tailed & pinned together - / N.B. The Floors of the First Story & / Attic to be framed similar to / that of the Ground Floor now / done and (bedchamber) Plates & Braces 4 x 3 / Principal Quarters & Doorhead 4 x 3 / Common Quarters 4 x 2½ / All to be framed & pinned together, (section) Collar, Tye Beams
Signed and dated
- 7 June 1791
G.Scotland Yard June 7th 1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (560 x 682)
Hand
Soane office
Level
Drawing
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