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[4] Record copy of a design for an entrance with lodges in a Doric style, April 1785
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM volume 41/52 verso
Purpose
[4] Record copy of a design for an entrance with lodges in a Doric style, April 1785
Aspect
Plan of half the foundations, Plan of half the Superstructure and two Section(s) for Sir Thos Beauchamp Proctor Bart
Scale
bar scale of ¼ of an inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, These two 9 Inch / Walls for the timbers / of the floor should / not be built until / the Lodges are roofed, Leave Air holes in each ley of joists / thus, labelled 9 in: Walls to receive the floor (twice), Vacuity, No 2 / Principal / Rafters, Flue of Chimney, air hole (twice), Rafters 4" by 3", Oak 4 by 4, Platform for / Chimney Flue and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- April 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink and yellow washes on laid paper (362 x 425)
Hand
Sanders, John (1768--1826), draughtsman
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis
Level
Drawing
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