[195] Record drawing of a variant (unexecuted) design for a two-storey house, 1816

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  - London: Royal Hospital, Chelsea for the Board of Commissioners, 1807-1835 (226)
    - Gardener's House, c.1816 - July 1818 (13)

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Reference number

SM 67/2/2

Purpose

[195] Record drawing of a variant (unexecuted) design for a two-storey house, 1816

Aspect

Chelsea Hospital, View of a Design for a new House for the Master Gardener (entrance front and side)

Inscribed

as above

Signed and dated

1816

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing, SM 67/2/6, SM 67/2/7, and SM 67/2/1 show two variant (unexecuted) designs. The plans vary in size: (SM 67/2/6) - 27'6" wide x 30" deep; (SM 67/2/1) - 35'x 27'. The ground floor accommodation is the same: parlour, pantry, kitchen and wash house though SM 67/2/7 has additional 'Offices or Cellar'. The stairs vary in type and location.

The plan of SM 67/2/6 relates to the perspective of SM 67/2/1 with its double-height porch framed by pilasters. Similarly the plan of SM 67/2/7 relates to the perspective of this drawing with its wider, windowed porch set in a double-height, semi-circular-headed arch. The side elevations of drawings SM 67/2/1 and this drawing with their tall windows set in blind arches are the same except that SM 67/2/1 has pilastered corners.

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Drawing

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