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Reference number

SM 47/2/55

Purpose

[5] Variant design for sanctuary addition

Aspect

Ground floor plan and unfinished basement plan

Scale

bar scale of 2/13 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(pencil) dimensions given, Mr (?)Parker

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and wash on laid paper (583 x 471)

Hand

John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)

Notes

Soane's addition is sympathetic with Payne's original chapel, having the same orders and scale as Payne's building, with the elliptical arched ceiling continued across. SM 47/2/54 and this drawing show variant designs for the addition, with SM 47/2/54 having wider transepts and a variant segmental-arched east end (ritually east). SM 47/2/54 shows a ceiling design of square coffering. This drawing has stairwells penciled in at the north and south corners; these stairwells became part of the executed design.

The rough section of the roof on SM 47/2/54 verso was made later. It shows an arched brace roof measuring 6 feet 6¼ inches high with a king post and struts to the collar-beam. This design is similar to the executed version, fitting over the domed ceiling of the final design (as in SM 47/2/58). The recto of SM 47/2/54 has an alternative queen post design that suits the elliptical arched ceiling of this early design.

Level

Drawing

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