[8] Copy of a survey of the one pair floor, 1 December 1801

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Reference number

SM 4/5/25

Purpose

[8] Copy of a survey of the one pair floor, 1 December 1801

Aspect

Plan of the One Pair Floor

Inscribed

as above, Samuel Thornton Esq^r Albury Park, labelled: N^o 2, N^o 3, Arch, Stone Landing and Passage, Register, N^o 4, Arch, Lobby, N^o 5, N^o 6, Closet, N^o 7, Passage, Water / Closet, N^o 8, N^o 9, Closet, Closet (4 times), N^o 10, Closet, Note. The Floors in these Rooms are 7 feet below those of the Principal front of the House, The Bottom of the Windows of N^o 1.2.3.4.5 &^c of the / Lobby are about 1.4½ above the Floor, Height of the Rooms in this Story / N^o 1.2.3.4.5 & Lobby - 14Ft 2In / 6.7.8.9.10 - 12.8 / Dado in all the Rooms about 2ft 9in high / The Height of the Chimney Pieces in the Clear / N^o 1 - 3ft 0in / 2 - 3.6 / 3 - 3.7 / 4 - 4.2 / 5 - 3.4 / 6 - 3.5½ / 7 - 3.4½ / 9 - 3.4 / 10 - 3.5, (in Soane's hand) Golden Cross Charing Cross / Post Office Guildford and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1 December 1801
(Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields Dec^r 1^st 1801

Medium and dimensions

Pen and light red wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (686 x 546)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

The alterations proposed in drawing [2] were evidently not executed. The 'Golden Cross' was a coaching inn, demolished in 1827 to make way for Trafalgar Square.

Level

Drawing

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