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Reference number

SM 40/4/23

Purpose

[12] Design for the ground floor of the new building

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor

Scale

to a scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, W. Adair Jackson Esqre, labelled: 6.6, Closet, Staircase (3 times), Chiefs (sic) Clerk's / Parlor (sic), Porter's / Lodge, Vestibule / 5'6'', Entrance, Warehouse (4 times), Light, 10'0'' (twice), Court (3 times), 1'6'' (twice), 13.9 (twice), Compting / House (twice), 9'', 6'6'', 4'0'', Passage built over (twice), Area, Fountain Court

Signed and dated

  • July 1804
    L. I. Fields / July 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink, yellow ochre and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with two fold marks (704 x 759)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

Joseph Ruse Tovill Mill Maidstone / 1803

Notes

Drawings [11]-[13] form a set.

The design in this drawing differs from that of drawing [10] in several ways. The central court is smaller; the chief clerk's parlour has a curved end wall; the stairs to the entrance take a different shape; and the two counting houses are no longer parallel to the warehouses.

Level

Drawing

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