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[14] Stage IV: entrance gateway to the vault, enclosing walls and balustrade, 28 February 1816, 2 March 1816
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Reference number
SM 63/7/28
Purpose
[14] Stage IV: entrance gateway to the vault, enclosing walls and balustrade, 28 February 1816, 2 March 1816
Aspect
Elevation of semicircular arched entrance (about 8 feet high in all) crowned by a segmental pediment with a large scroll on each side (acroterion), flanking walls (3 feet 4½ inches high) stopped by pedestals, one with a domed cap, the other with an alternative pedimented design. Pencil additions include rough alternative designs for an acroterion with triangular pediment with variant antefixes. Verso: feint pencil variant details of entrance with lintel (no arch) and of pier, and pedestal with acroterion
Scale
bar scale of feet 1/7 inch to 1 inch
Inscribed
14 top of Cill, Level of Ground, Brickwork (twice), dimensions given, (pencil) A, B, B, C, A projects before B ¾ In / A Projects before C 1½ / B projects before C (verso) some dimensions given and Gi5
Signed and dated
- 28 Feb:ry 1816
Medium and dimensions
Pen, grey wash, pencil, partly pricked for transfer, shaded on laid paper (377 x 535)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
Phipps & Son 1809
Notes
The office Day Book entry for 28 February 1816 has Basevi, Tyrrell and Parke 'Drawing view/designs for a Monument'. The entry for Saturday 2 March has Basevi 'Finishing drawing of Monument and making two slight sketches for another drawing' while Parke was 'Drawing various designs for a Monument'.
Stage IV of the design for the Soane monument shows the monument raised on a plinth and with enclosing walls that were to become more elaborate in Stage V. An important element of Stage IV is the proposal for a gateway to the sunken area or pit in front of the vault, on the west side. Whether this was intended to have a stair or had a stair that has since been removed, is not known (see SM 63/7/19, SM 63/7/17, SM 63/7/16, SM 63/7/18). In execution, the gateway was omitted.
Stage IV of the design for the Soane monument shows the monument raised on a plinth and with enclosing walls that were to become more elaborate in Stage V. An important element of Stage IV is the proposal for a gateway to the sunken area or pit in front of the vault, on the west side. Whether this was intended to have a stair or had a stair that has since been removed, is not known (see SM 63/7/19, SM 63/7/17, SM 63/7/16, SM 63/7/18). In execution, the gateway was omitted.
Level
Drawing
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