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Reference number

SM 67/5/7

Purpose

[59] Design, 25 June 1810

Aspect

Elevation Chelsea Hospital, Design for part of the South Front of the New Infirmary

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

as above, labelled drawing from which the Estimate was made and some pencil calculations given

Signed and dated

  • 25th June 1810

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing shows part of the south arcade and the south wall of the western projecting wing. The design is similar to SM 67/5/6 with blind arcading framing round-arched windows on the ground floor and shorter round-arched windows on the upper storey. The main difference is in the cornice design however, which this drawing shows with a roundel-metope separating the triglyphs and on top, a balustrade framed by pedestals, surmounted by S-shape patterned stonework, between antifixae either side.

Level

Drawing

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