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Reference number

SM 3/4/32

Purpose

[60] Working drawing with Soane's revisions, Principal Floor, 11 February 1809

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor with minor amendments by Soane, some of them cancelled

Scale

to a scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot (no bar scale)

Inscribed

as above, Stephen Thornton Esqre /Mogerhanger, rooms labelled: Library, Mr Thornton's Room with 2 Closets, Drawing Room, Hall, Principal or Best / Stair, Common / Staircase, Breakfast Room, Eating Room, Servants Hall, Passage to Offices, Housekeeper, Butler and (Soane) Strong Clost, Plate / Closet3 steps / over / ---- , bell light, arch, 7 Steps 11" tread, dimensions given and some calculations

Signed and dated

  • 11 February 1809
    Lincolns Inn Fields / Febr 11 1809

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, brown pen, hatching on stout wove paper (471 x 690)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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