[7] Working drawing for alterations and additions to the offices, 1791

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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.
  - Skelton Castle, Yorkshire North Riding (now Cleveland): (executed) stables and alterations to the offices for John Wharton, 1790-1791 (10)
    - Working Drawings for alterations and additions to the Offices at Skelton Castle (5)

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Reference number

SM 30/1A/2

Purpose

[7] Working drawing for alterations and additions to the offices, 1791

Aspect

Neat copy of SM 30/1A/1

Scale

to a scale of 1/10 inch to one foot approximately

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Floor of the Offices at Skelton Castle, shewing the proposed Alterations & Additions (sic), rooms labelled: Brewhouse, Wood and Coals, Cleaning Shoes / and Knives, Servants Hall, Dressing Room, Arched / and secure / from Fire, Butler, Working / Pantry, Passage (twice), Housekeeper, Closet, Store / Room / and more / in Cellar / for Soap / Candles, Strong Room, Steward, Kitchen, Still Room, Wet Larder, Dry Larder, Scullery, Arched / Entrance / to Kitchen Court, Dust and Cinders, Coals, Washouse, Laundry, Folding Table, Mangle , Office Court and John Wharton Esq^r

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash on laid paper with one fold mark (462 x 677)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

I Taylor

Literature

N. Pevsner, Yorkshire: the North Riding, 1966, p.343-4; P.Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, p.177

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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