[28] Design No. 2 for first floor

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Aynhoe Park, Northamptonshire: designs for alterations and additions for W.R.Cartwright, 1799-1802 ( 60)
    - Designs made 4-19 November 1799 (13)

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Reference number

SM 6/4/23

Purpose

[28] Design No. 2 for first floor

Aspect

Plan of the Chamber Floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Aynho Design N^o 2, W.R.Cartwright Esq^re, labelled: M^r Cartwrights Room, dress^g / Room, Lobby, Chamber (5 times), Nursery, dressing room (4 times), Upper part of Greenhouse, Water Closet/ for/ visitors, Lobby, Housemaids / closet with -----, Gallery, dressing room / & occasional / chamber, Stair to attics, Great Staircase, Gallery (twice), M^r Cartwrights / Dressing room, Ladies / closet, Gent^s / closet, Stone Staircase, Passage to Servants Chambers over Offices and a few dimensions given

Signed and dated

00/11/1799
(Copy) John Soane Arch^t Nove: 1799

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black, sepia and red washes, pricked for transfer, quadruple ruled and black and sepia wash border, on laid paper (475 x 589)

Hand

George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800 (attributed to)

Watermark

J Larking Fleur de lis above cartouche with bar and below GR

Notes

Compared with drawing [26] Mrs Cartwright's rooms have been simplified, for example, a projecting bay removed and fewer windows.

Level

Drawing

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