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Reference number
SM volume 41/32 recto
Purpose
[3] Record copy of design
Aspect
Plan of the Basement Story of Malvern Hall / with the intended Alterations and Additions with pencil modifications (by Soane) to partitions, stair etc
Scale
bar scale of 1/11 inch to 1 foot (approximately)
Inscribed
as above, labelled (new rooms) Stewards Parlor / and Audit room, Hot Bath / & / Dressg Room, Passage, Staircase, Small Beer Cellar, Strong Beer Cellar, Scullery, Kitchen with Dresser, Staircase, The Butlers Pantry, Servants Hall (cancelled and in pencil Maids Room), (old house) Cold Bath, Staircase, Closet for / Flambeaus, Coals &c, Lobby to Staircase, Passage, Wine Cellar (three times), Servants / & / Powdering Room, Plate Closet, Passage, Maids Closet, Lobby, Housekeepers Room, Housekeepers / Store Room, Cleang Shoes / Knives &c (these last two rooms cancelled and in pencil Servants Hall)
Signed and dated
- datable to Octr 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black and sepia wash, pencil on laid paper (242 x 360), bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41
Hand
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90), pencil additions by Soane
Watermark
T French
Notes
An unusual feature of the basement storey was an unexecuted 'Hot Bath', a detailed plan and laid out elevations for which are shown on a drawing in the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A 3436.188) reproduced and discussed in P.du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp.126-7, fig.6.22.
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect , 1982, pp.126-8 (bathroom)
Level
Drawing
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