Scale
bar scale of 2/13 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Right Honble Lord Arundell, Chapel at Wardour Castle, (Soane) Floor, floor of altar / Chapel, (Soane, pencil) Sanders may begin / this section on a / sheet of Cartridge / as large as it / will permit, This part of the Section should be sent (?)Dec: 20 1789, By Exeter Mail / to be left at / the White Hart / Salisbury, Vaulted, OO the mouldg & --- / of the Great / Arch is to / correspond with / those already / done, P. to correspond / with the / proposed arc / of the other / mouldings; (verso) plans lettered A to K, E.E. These Piers of equal dimensions / The door F. is to be in the middle / between G & H / The Parts colored red are new / those colored dark are old, Radius 14'9¼" (three times), This supposed line K. is to be / exactly under the middle / of door above, Foundation of altar, Radius 14'6¼" (twice) and dimensions given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- 6 May 1788
Copy May 6th 1788
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and wash on laid paper with one fold mark (464 x 584)
Hand
John Sanders (pupil 1784-90)
Notes
SM 47/2/56 and the verso of this drawing have plans for the basement and ground floor of the new addition. SM 91/1/3a is a copy of SM 47/2/56 made in June 1805. The drawings show variant designs for both basement and ground floor. On the basement plans, this drawing has erasure marks between the piers and on the staircase while SM 47/2/56 includes these alterations while displaying additional alterations in rough pen. Conversely, the ground floor plan appears more developed in this drawing. 'Not perfect' is inscribed in pencil beside the ground floor plan on SM 47/2/56. This drawing has a ceiling plan; rough designs for the coffering are in the margins of the sheet.
This drawing recto shows the addition in section, having a domed ceiling and apsidal ends as executed. The windows and outer wall have been altered in Soane's hand.
Level
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