[88] Initial design for stables

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Port Eliot, St German's, Cornwall: remodelling of interior and designs for new stables for 2nd Lord Eliot, 1804-6 (97 )
    - Designs for stables

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Reference number

SM 64/5/31

Purpose

[88] Initial design for stables

Aspect

Plan and front elevation

Scale

rough bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The Lord Eliot, labelled Yard for Dung, Gate / for | Cay | Dung, 2 Stalls / or Loose Stable (twice), Harness, Hay (twice), Hay & Corn, Harness (twice), Entrance, Qy[query] Ride --- to --- (?) House and a few dimensions given

Signed and dated

07/12/1805
Dec^r 7 1805

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (552 x 341)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

The earliest surviving drawing for stables at Port Eliot was made by Seward presumably after discussion with Soane since the adoption of a castellated style is unusual (for Soane). Ptolemy Dean's notes for the Soane Monuments Trust (Soane Museum library, date?) state that the stables at Port Eliot are 'possibly Soane's most original stables'.

Level

Drawing

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