[3] Design No.2

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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 45/5/36

Purpose

[3] Design No.2

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor of a Design for the Alterations and Improvements

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Ramsey Abbey, N^o 2, Design N^o II, labelled Porch, Vestibule, Library,The Drawing Room, Breakfast Room / & / Anti Room, Principal Staircase, Eating Room, Common / Staircase, Cloister (twice), Common / Staircase, M^rFellowes / Room, (feint pencil) Butler, Housekeeper, Kitchen, Laundry

Signed and dated

16/05/1804
John Soane Arch^t Lincolns Inn Fields May 16^th 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes, quadruple ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfe, on wove paper (542 x 862)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The eating room has been restored to the south-west side of the house. The entrance porch varies from that of drawing [2] since it is made shorter by not having a water closet and lobby.

Level

Drawing

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