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  • image SM (54) volume 73/87

Reference number

SM (54) volume 73/87

Purpose

Working drawing for the masonry of the archivolt, 9 February 1804

Aspect

54 Section of the archivolt moulding; section of the springing point of the arch; elevation of the springing point

Inscribed

Bank / Vestibule next Princes Street, Stone, Course of Paving Bricks & then course of Cones, Stone, Diam. 3 f: 0 Inch, Iron hoop, Curve, Fret, Radius 10 feet, 2 courses of / Paving bricks / & then Course / of Cones, Iron hoop / finished / Feb: 9: 1804

Signed and dated

  • datable to March 1803

Hand

Soane

Notes

Semicircular arches span all four sides of the square central hall. To the north and south, the arches enclose clerestory windows. A barrel vault extends to the east from the central hall. The arches, as in drawing 54, are constructed of alternating courses of paving bricks and cones, reinforced with an iron hoop.

Level

Drawing

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