[2] Design No.1

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  - Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire): alterations and additions for W.H.Fellowes, 1804-07 (60)
    - Initial plans for ground floor, 12-19 May 1804 (6)

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Reference number

SM 46/5/33

Purpose

[2] Design No.1

Aspect

Design N^o 1 for the ground floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Ramsey Abbey, The Kitchen & other offices / & Chambers over / the same and labelled Hall, Porch, Cloister (twice), Lobby, GenⁿDressing Room, Library, Eating Room, Drawing Room, Lobby, Water / Closet, The Principal Stair / Case

Signed and dated

14/05/1804
John Soane Arch^tLin[colns] Inn Fields / May 14 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash with quadruple ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer on wove paper (686 x 484)

Hand

Soane office hand with note and some labels added by Soane

Notes

Allowing for the drawing being upside down, the layout compared with drawing [1] omits the western extension of an eating room so that the cloister runs the full length and beyond of the north side. Placed in the centre of the cloister is an entrance that gives on to the 'Principal Staircase'. The area that in drawing [1] contained the eating room is here shown as thickly planted with trees.

Level

Drawing

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