[109] Working drawing for the basement offices, 17 July 1801

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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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  - Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, London: (executed) a house for John Soane and six unexecuted schemes for a villa at Acton, 1800-1832 (285)
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Reference number

SM 31/3/20

Purpose

[109] Working drawing for the basement offices, 17 July 1801

Aspect

Plan of the basement floor and surrounding landscape, including two small, rough elevations

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

labelled Pull down, 2 bar: 4 scale stable, Gateway, bay, Garden & House, door, dig? Butter, Wine Cellar, Housekeeper & Store Room , Lobby Passage, Kitchen, scullery, dresser, Iron[in]g Board, To open Cistern over Larder, Cistern (twice), Water, The cover to be made to open in the middle & occasionally wider metal Hinges, wood cover to open in the middle, lead fastening, floor of Larder, water (four times), (pencil) pig, q[uer]y skylight (twice), Washouse, Coals Wood_ _, North Pan[try] and some dimensions given (verso) Mr Soane, Ealing

Signed and dated

17 July 1801
Lincolns Inn Fields July 17^th1801 and see Notes below for further dates

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen, pencil, pale red and sepia washes on wove paper (576 x 689)

Hand

Soane office, Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane office, Soane

Level

Drawing

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