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[3] Survey and presentation drawing of the existing house
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Reference number
SM 29/3/5
Purpose
[3] Survey and presentation drawing of the existing house
Aspect
Ground floor plan and plan of the proposed drawing room
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(Soane) 4½ square ... @£80 ... £360 0s 0d / New staircase / & way into cellar / 3 stories ... £50 / £410 / D[itt]o old material - 25 / £385 and dimensions given, (red pen) This door to open / on the outside, (feint pencil) illegible note concerning parts A, B, C, on plan of the proposed drawing room, (Bailey) The Countess of Pembroke, Plan of Cottage in Richmond Park; (verso) The Countess of Pembroke / Plan of the Lodge
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash, red pen and pencil on laid paper with three fold marks (413 x 531)
Hand
Soane office and Soane, and some titles added later by George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil and assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)
Watermark
J Whatman and fleur-de-lis over cartouche with ornate W below
Notes
The existing 'cottage' at Pembroke has an irregular plan that is the apparent result of several distinct building phases, with an arrangement of older rooms at the north-east and newer ranges facing west and south (SM 29/3/6). The survey is overlaid in red pen with a design for the proposed north-west drawing room. A variant design for the drawing room, having a more elongated form and including two corner chimney-pieces, is in the margins of the sheet. The proposed drawing room has four canted corners and a bay window facing west.
Addendum (28/02/2020):
On account of the possible connection with St Albans, an alternative to Mr Hawkes’ identity has been suggested as Joseph Hawke[s] or his son William. Both were stonemasons living in St Albans in the 1774-93 period. The source of this information can be found in the poor rate assessments, militia lists and apprenticeship records. One of these men, presumably the father, was one of the three lead masons at the building of Gorhambury in 1777-84, home to the 3rd Viscount Grimston, and designed by Sir Robert Taylor.
Addendum (28/02/2020):
On account of the possible connection with St Albans, an alternative to Mr Hawkes’ identity has been suggested as Joseph Hawke[s] or his son William. Both were stonemasons living in St Albans in the 1774-93 period. The source of this information can be found in the poor rate assessments, militia lists and apprenticeship records. One of these men, presumably the father, was one of the three lead masons at the building of Gorhambury in 1777-84, home to the 3rd Viscount Grimston, and designed by Sir Robert Taylor.
Literature
P. Dean, Sir John Soane and London, 2006, p. 221.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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