[57] Revised design using part of Lord Yarborough's house, June 1810

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: Royal Hospital, Chelsea for the Board of Commissioners, 1807-1835 (226)
    - Infirmary, August 1809 - November 1810, April - July 1818 and c.1833 (88)

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Reference number

SM 67/5/2

Purpose

[57] Revised design using part of Lord Yarborough's house, June 1810

Aspect

Perspective for Chelsea Infirmary, Design n^o. 2 (South Front)

Scale

bar scale

Signed and dated

John Soane Arch^t., 6^th 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 shows the new shape of the Infirmary in perspective, with the arcade and balcony of former designs but without a rusticated basement. Interestingly, the muddle of service buildings that were situated to the east of the Infirmary (as shown in SM 67/5/12, SM 67/5/13, SM 67/5/10 and SM 67/5/11) were not included and their absence screened by a tree. Obviously the close proximity of these old buildings to the new Infirmary was not considered ideal.

Literature

M. Richardson, 'Soane in Chelsea', pp.45-51, The Chelsea Society Report, 1992

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