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  - Betchworth Castle (Surrey): alterations and additions to the house, designs for lodge, dairy, ice house, greenhouse and stables, 1798-1800 (68 )

Designs for a dairy, 1798-1799 (9)

Alternative designs for a dairy, 1798-1799.
Soane designed a number of dairies among which are designs for Bentley Priory, Wimpole Hall and Letton.
See note to Lees Court for further information on the design of dairies. See also Hamels Park for a note on Soane's use of a primitive, rustic style first found in the designs for a dairy at that house in 1783.

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[36] Design for a small dairy

Lincolns Inn Fields July 1798

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Recto by Henry Hake Seward, pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The office Day Books give Seward as working on dairy for Henry Peters Esq^r on 18 July 1798 and also on 19 July.
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
Verso of drawing by Soane.

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[37] Designs for a small dairy

Lincolns Inn Fields July 1798

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day Books give Seward as working on the dairy for Henry Peters Esq^r on 18 July 1798 and also on 19 July.

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[38] Design for an octagonal dairy

Copy Lincolns Inn Fields Aug^st 11 1798

The office Day Book entry for 11 August 1798 has: Mansfield and Seward as working on Betchley Castle, That is, George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800 and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848), pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808

SM volume 64/85

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[39] Record drawing of octagonal dairy

SM volume 64/85

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[40] Design for an octagonal dairy as drawing [38]

Lincolns Inn Fields Aug^st 11 1798

The office Day Book entry for 11 August 1798 has: Mansfield and Seward as working on Betchley Castle, That is, George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800 and Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848), pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808

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[41] Working drawing for an octagonal dairy

Lincolns Inn Fields Oct^r 8 1798

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day Book has Seward 'About Drawings of Dairy' on 8 October 1798.

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[42] Working drawing for an octagonal dairy

Lincolns Inn Fields Octr 8 1798

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day Book for 8 October 1798 has 'About Drawings of Dairy / Seward'.

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[43] Working drawing for an octagonal dairy

Copy Lincolns Inn Fields Oct 8^th17[torn]

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day Book for 8 October 1798 has 'About Drawings of Dairy / Seward'.

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[44] Working drawing for interior of octagonal dairy

Walter Payne
Walter Payne was Soane's long-standing clerk of works. He was first employed as clerk of works at the Bank of England from 1789 and remained there until Soane's resignation in 1833. He was the clerk of works for Soane's Pitzhanger house and he and his wife were left an annuity in Soane's will.
D.Stroud, Sir John Soane Architect, 1984, pp.64, 73n, 76; G. Darley, John Soane, an Accidental Romantic, 1999, p.92
See also [47] for a letter by Payne.

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