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Reference number
SM volume 77/51
Purpose
[45] Variant design
Aspect
Variant elevation, Chelsea Hospital / The Elevation of the Front / Next the River of a Design / for a New Infirmary
Inscribed
as above
Hand
Soane office
Notes
This drawing is very similar to SM 67/5/21 but with sculpted bracket-figures, either side of the skyline pedestal. SM volume 77/53 shows the opposite elevation, with two entrances and without the rusticated basement of the south front.
The elevations show what is presumably the 'foul ward' marked on SM 67/5/19. It can be seen on the end, set apart (on the left of this drawing and on the right in SM volume 77/53) - a single storey structure surmounted by a triangular pediment (with antifixae at the corners). It is connected to the main Infirmary by an arch only, in the belief that this would prevent infection spreading.
It seems likely that this design was intended to be built in the position indicated by the block plans of SM 67/5/19 and SM 67/5/18.
The elevations show what is presumably the 'foul ward' marked on SM 67/5/19. It can be seen on the end, set apart (on the left of this drawing and on the right in SM volume 77/53) - a single storey structure surmounted by a triangular pediment (with antifixae at the corners). It is connected to the main Infirmary by an arch only, in the belief that this would prevent infection spreading.
It seems likely that this design was intended to be built in the position indicated by the block plans of SM 67/5/19 and SM 67/5/18.
Level
Drawing
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