[22] Record/survey drawing

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  - Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire): alterations and additions for W.H.Fellowes, 1804-07 (60)
    - Designs for north and south fronts, with record/survey drawings May - September 1804 (8)

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Reference number

SM 46/5/9

Purpose

[22] Record/survey drawing

Aspect

Elevation of gabled part of south front and elevation of four-storey front to addition with section of wall and (verso) outline drawng of two unidentified details

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

W.H.Fellowes Esq^re / Ramsey Abbey, old floor, old and new floor and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

10/08/1804
Recd Aug^t10^th 1804 from Cook

Medium and dimensions

Pen, red and yellow washes on laid paper (448 x 658 two pieces of paper joined and with added strip)

Hand

James Cook
Clerk of works.

Watermark

fleur de lis with ? scrolled GR and C (or G) P 1800

Notes

Since the drawing came from the clerk of works James Cook to the Soane office it is likely to be a record or survey drawing. The notes 'old floor' and 'old floor new floor' seem to suggest that is the case. In fact, drawing [28] shows a re-design for the south and west sides of the house that have elements which relate to this drawing. See also drawing [53].

Level

Drawing

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