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[4] Design for the proposed alterations, c.1788
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Reference number
SM volume 67/52
Purpose
[4] Design for the proposed alterations, c.1788
Aspect
General Plan of Castle Hill with the proposed alterations
Scale
bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot, approximately
Inscribed
as above, No 2, The Right Honble Lord Fortescue, The Parts teinted red show the intended alterations, plan lettered A-Z in pencil, Washouse / & / Laundry / over, Bakehouse, Meal, Wet Larder, Pantry, Kitchen, Scullery, Housekeeper, Store Room, Servants Hall, Eating Room, Butler, Plate, Under this / the dairy, Lords dressg / Room, press (twice), Ladys dressg / Room, Lobby, Chamber, Ladys Liby, Withdrawg Room, Great Hall, Library, Great Staircase, Lobby, Garderobe (twice), Stewards / Evidence / Room, Stewards / office, Stable (twice), Stables and Slaughter House and (pencil) Copied (twice) and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- datable to 1786-1791 (hand, see Notes)
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey and red wash, pencil within a single ruled pen and wash border on laid paper (591 x 442)
Hand
John McDonnell (1770-?, pupil 1786-1791)
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
Drawings SM volume 67/52 and SM volume 64/123 show the proposed alterations in pink wash. Alterations include partitions within the existing walls of the west office wing and a small addition on its north front. In the central section of the house, a large eating room is included on the west side and a drawing room adjoins the great hall. A room on the east side, previously an entrance hall (SM volume 67/51), is now a chamber. New chimney-pieces are indicated in the dining room, drawing room, steward's office and east chamber. The dining room has columns in the corners and has been made smaller by the inclusion of an adjacent corridor to the office wing. On the north front of the house, a servants' hall, butler's room, and Lord's dressing room have been added and the exterior has been refaced to make the building look more symmetrical.
SM volume 64/123 is a copy of SM volume 67/52 , drawn by a pupil, James Adams jr, years after the original was made. SM volume 67/52 is datable to between 1786 and 1791: the hand is similar to SM 5/3/7 and SM volume 67/51, attributed to John McDonnell who worked in the Soane office until February 1791.
SM volume 64/123 is a copy of SM volume 67/52 , drawn by a pupil, James Adams jr, years after the original was made. SM volume 67/52 is datable to between 1786 and 1791: the hand is similar to SM 5/3/7 and SM volume 67/51, attributed to John McDonnell who worked in the Soane office until February 1791.
Literature
P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, pp. 175
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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