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Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, Middlesex (now London) 1768
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Reference number
SM 30/3/13
Purpose
Pitzhanger Manor, Ealing, Middlesex (now London) 1768
Aspect
[2] Plan of ground floor, a finished copy of [SM 30/3/14], prepared for publication
Scale
3/16 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
The Plan of the Ground Floor / Mr Soane. Ealing, rooms labelled Eating room, Parlor, Housekeepers Room, Parlor, Dressing Room, Butlers Pantry, Strong Closet, Larder, Kitchen, Entrance and dimensions given
Dated: Novr 8 1806
Signed and dated
- 1768
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia washes, pencil, pricked for transfer, within multi-ruled sepia washed border on laid paper (520 x 730)
Hand
Soane office (Edwards or Bailey)
Watermark
J Ruse 1805
Notes
Dance's wing to the south side of the existing house has a 37 foot 6 inches frontage and is 27 feet deep. The east front has four windows and the west front, one window. Inside is shown a chimney-piece on the south wall and opposite an alcove marked 8 feet 8 inches wide and 6 feet 4½ inches from back to front.
The original house, marked 48 feet 1 inch wide, was of five bays with a central porch. Either side of the narrow entrance passage was a parlour. Next to the parlour on the northside was a good sized larder and further offices, not fully drawn out.
The plan was published (with a few modifications) as Plate II of Soane's Description of Pitzhanger Manor House...(1833), with a view from the east drawn by C. J. Richardson. Plate III shows interior views of Dance's eating room and drawing room with later furniture and hangings.
Soane's Day Book for 8 November 1806 records Mr Soane / About Plan & Elevation of / Ealing / Bailey, that is George Bailey (1792-1860) in his first year of pupillage. The previous day, Francis Edwards (1784-1857), employed from 1806 as an improver, was About Plan of / Ealing and this is likely to be his drawing.
The original house, marked 48 feet 1 inch wide, was of five bays with a central porch. Either side of the narrow entrance passage was a parlour. Next to the parlour on the northside was a good sized larder and further offices, not fully drawn out.
The plan was published (with a few modifications) as Plate II of Soane's Description of Pitzhanger Manor House...(1833), with a view from the east drawn by C. J. Richardson. Plate III shows interior views of Dance's eating room and drawing room with later furniture and hangings.
Soane's Day Book for 8 November 1806 records Mr Soane / About Plan & Elevation of / Ealing / Bailey, that is George Bailey (1792-1860) in his first year of pupillage. The previous day, Francis Edwards (1784-1857), employed from 1806 as an improver, was About Plan of / Ealing and this is likely to be his drawing.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk