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Ins Ins / Wall Plates of Oak 9 by 5 / these dimensions of Fir Timber / Beams 12 by 9 / Pole Plates 5½ by 5 / Queen Post 10 by 5 / King Post 10 by 5 at top / Collar 9 by 5 / Braces 5 by 5 / Sub Principalls 6½ by 5 at bottom / & at top 5½ by 5 / Principalls 6½ by 5 at Bottom / & at top 5½ by 5 / Purlains 6 by 5 / Rafters 4 by 2½
Aynho March 17th 1801 / Sir / I am getting the Foundations in for the Gateway or / Arch, the Ground being very loose sand, I am obliged / to go deeper to get throught it, to the top of the Rock / which makes it the longer before I can get levell with / the Ground and as Mr Soane Intends being with me in / 10 days, I am fearful shall not be able to get levell / with the ground by that time, the Staircase, 2 Chambers / & 2 Dressing rooms, [--] Front I have got one coat of / Plastering on and are letting the room over the Eating room / the Joiners is geting on with their works, I have got / 19 Sash Frames Made 10 of them is Primed ready to fix, / the Weather is Stormy and as soon as a fine Day comes / shall begin painting them in. I am fixing the Partitions / in Mr C's room and the Ground passage to the / new Staircase, I am informed there is a Quarry / 16 Miles from Aynho ware Stone for Staircases / Landings is to be got, they Inform me the Stone / very hard, and nearly the same Colour as Portland, they / use this for the Principall Staircases in Oxford , and if / Weather permits I intend to go to the quarry on / Sunday next to see the quality of the Stone and / get their Prices ; part of the Timber and Deals that / [-------] ordered is just arrived. Sir I have made this / Sketch for the Roof and if you wish to make any / Alterations shd be glad to know for Intends to / begin in the Course of a few days. // Sir, I received the 20 £ draft safely / I am Sir your most obedient / and faithful /Servant / John Pullinger
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Pen, yellow and brown washes, hatching on laid paper (763 x 387)
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John Pullinger, clerk of works
Notes
Pullinger was a master carpenter as well as clerk of works so well able to design this queen post roof truss. Conventionally a qeen post roof was used for spans of between thirty and forty feet; usefully it allowed for more accommodation in the attic. (Martin S.Briggs, Everyman's concise encyclopaedia of architecture, 1959, pp.280-281). The span here is 37 feet and 2 inches.
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