[139] Design for the entrance hall, longitudinal section, 26 April 1798

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  - Bentley Priory, Harrow, London: (executed) two additions, outbuildings and an entrance hall addition for John James Hamilton, later 9th Earl, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 1788-1799, 1805 (178)
    - Designs for the entrance hall, April 1798 (2)

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Reference number

SM 30/2/61

Purpose

[139] Design for the entrance hall, longitudinal section, 26 April 1798

Aspect

Longitudinal section; wall plan of column at one corner; part-plan of the east wall; (verso) section of the basement vaults and basement floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 4/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(Soane) Plan / 2 sections, 1 light, One perspective view 1 light / or two if possible, keep these / Col^ms as wide / apart as possible, obs: 2 feet from old wall, manger / gutter, old wall, old and dimensions given, (Bailey) Sketch of a design for the New Entrance Hall at Bentley Priory, The Marquiss of Abercorn; (verso, Soane) suppose old wall A to be ½ brick / thicker in this story than it is above & / set off equally on each side / this arch would then be / 10:2¼ wide / I cannot determine / the width of this arch / and I not knowing the thickness / of the old wall A in this / story I cannot determine the width of this arch / but from the / dimensions here given / it will be readily / determined on the spot, A, level of old cellar, (pencil) N^o1, N^o2 and dimensions given in pen and pencil

Signed and dated

26 April 1798
April 26 98, (George Bailey) 1798 (verso) Apl 30 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pencil and pen on wove paper (667 x 559)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane, and some titles added later by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Bailey, George (1792--1860)
Soane, and some titles added later by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

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