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[6] Drawings for the sanctuary addition
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Reference number
SM 47/2/56
Purpose
[6] Drawings for the sanctuary addition
Aspect
Plan of Altar and Plan of Vault under Altar
Scale
bar scale of 2/13 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Right Honble Lord Arundell, Chapel at Wardour Castle, The Parts coloured red are new / those coloured dark are old, plans lettered A to H, The door F is to be in the middle / between G & H, E.E. These Piers of / equal dimensions, Radius of 14'9¼" (three times), This supposed line K is to be exactly / under the middle of door above, Radius 14'6¼", Foundation of altar, (Soane) A.A. These windows / to be cut out 3 feet / from the floor of the / vault. // B.C. this wall is to / be continued in a / streight line. / D. These walls are / not to be built / until directed, / but indents left / 3 inches deep, and dimensions given, calculations, (pencil) Not Perfect; (verso) Philip Yorke Esqr MP / New Cavendish Street / London
Signed and dated
- 6 May 1788
Welbeck Street, May 6th 1788
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and grey and pink washes on laid paper with four fold marks (459 x 582)
Hand
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)
Notes
This drawing and the verso of SM 47/2/58 have plans for the basement and ground floor of the new addition. SM 91/1/3a is a copy of this drawing made in June 1805. The drawings show variant designs for both basement and ground floor. On the basement plans, SM 47/2/58 has erasure marks between the piers and on the staircase while this drawing includes these alterations while displaying additional alterations in rough pen. Conversely, the ground floor plan appears more developed in SM 47/2/58. 'Not perfect' is inscribed in pencil beside the ground floor plan on this drawing. SM 47/2/58 has a ceiling plan; rough designs for the coffering are in the margins of the sheet.
This drawing is addressed to Philip Yorke, later 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, at his house in New Cavendish Street, London. Soane's reasoning for sending a working drawing to Yorke is unclear. Yorke was an early patron to Soane. Shortly after meeting in Italy, he commissioned alterations to his estate at Hamels Park, Hertfordshire as well as at his townhouse on New Cavendish Street. Soane also made alterations to Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, when Yorke inherited his title.
This drawing is addressed to Philip Yorke, later 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, at his house in New Cavendish Street, London. Soane's reasoning for sending a working drawing to Yorke is unclear. Yorke was an early patron to Soane. Shortly after meeting in Italy, he commissioned alterations to his estate at Hamels Park, Hertfordshire as well as at his townhouse on New Cavendish Street. Soane also made alterations to Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, when Yorke inherited his title.
Level
Drawing
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