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[56] Revised design using part of Lord Yarborough's house, June 1810
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Reference number
SM 67/5/11
Purpose
[56] Revised design using part of Lord Yarborough's house, June 1810
Aspect
A Plan for converting part of the premises formerly occupied by Lord Yarborough etc / into an Infirmary to Chelsea Hospital, retaining such parts of the old / buildings as are fit to remain & are applicable to the purposes of the Infirmary
Scale
bar scale
Inscribed
as above, labelled (Soane) nB. This plan was submitted to the / Board of Com[missioner]s at Chelsea 7 June 1810 / & fully approved, except by Sir D. Dundas / who having asked what space was left at K.K. / I answered about 10 or 12 feet, he replied / that was not sufficient for a carriage / way which was to be reserved to the new Villa! (his words were to Col. Gordons Premises)/ his observation was particularly addressed to Mr. Long who made no reply, in my hearing, Part of the Garden / belonging to Gough House, Ward / for / Eight Births (twice), Nurse (three times), Water Closet (four times), Sink (four times), Ward / for / Four Births (twice), Wash-House, Foul-Ward, Nurse's / Common Room, Ward / for / Six Births (twice), Arcade / or / Colonnade for Exerciese in Bad Weather, Bath-Room, Visiting / Apothecary, Lobby (twice), Staircase, Matron (three times), Closet, Entrance Court, Coach House, Coal Yard, Open Court, Offices for / Coal Comptrollers, Privy, Guard House, Joiners Shop, Stables etc (three times), Entrance, Stable Yard, Paraduse Row, Carriage Way, (feint pencil) NB If the Col[umn]s that made the / pavilion pulled down / can be had they will / do admirably well for / this collonade (sic), D. Ventilation, Qy arcade of the [illegible] of Colonel Gordon, Ground Raised with / the dry Rubbish / ab[out] 2 feet, NB. This proposed to make raised the level / of the floor of the new Wards / 2: to above the floor of the / Room B. as shewn by the / Steps at C., Cleansing Ground, Cleans[ing] G[rou]nd, dead, 2 stories higher, Bath Room, Closet, low cellar (twice), Nurses com / mon Room, open, Matron / Court, Slope 2.6 inch: 70 feet, A A high window are _ _ _ _ / that the Helpers might / hear any noise in the / Wards, Coal Yard and some illegible pencil markings
Signed and dated
- John Soane Arch. 6th June 1810
Hand
Soane office, Soane
Notes
This design could be labelled 'design B' as by this point Soane had succumbed to the Board of Commissioners' wishes that the new Infirmary should involve the conversion of at least part of Yarborough House. Thus as Margaret Richardson writes, the new design 'consisted of a long range of buildings running east-west from which two wings extended south', as shown in SM 67/5/9.
This drawing, SM 67/5/12, SM 67/5/13 and SM 67/5/10 indicate the parts of Yarborough House (marked in grey) considered for conversion to the new Infirmary. The extent of conversion increases within this group of plans, with SM 67/5/12 detailing only the matron's room, visiting apothecary, one ward and the nurses' common room (as labelled here) as part of that conversion. The following three plans also include another ward for eight patients, as part of the re-use.
The inscription 'mr. Long' probably refers to Charles Long, who was on the Board of Commissioners and was later to prevent Soane's dismissal from his post at Chelsea.
This drawing, SM 67/5/12, SM 67/5/13 and SM 67/5/10 indicate the parts of Yarborough House (marked in grey) considered for conversion to the new Infirmary. The extent of conversion increases within this group of plans, with SM 67/5/12 detailing only the matron's room, visiting apothecary, one ward and the nurses' common room (as labelled here) as part of that conversion. The following three plans also include another ward for eight patients, as part of the re-use.
The inscription 'mr. Long' probably refers to Charles Long, who was on the Board of Commissioners and was later to prevent Soane's dismissal from his post at Chelsea.
Literature
M. Richardson, 'Soane in Chelsea', pp.45-51, The Chelsea Society Report, 1992
Level
Drawing
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