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[70] Working drawing, September 1810
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Reference number
SM volume 76/30
Purpose
[70] Working drawing, September 1810
Aspect
Chelsea Hospital, Plan of the lower Ward in the S.W. Wing of the New Infirmary
Hand
Soane office
Notes
The Physician and Surgeon at Chelsea Hospital both advised Soane that accommodation for 80 patients would be necessary in the proposed Infirmary. Soane suggested that this would not be possible given the constraints imposed by the necessary re-use of Yarborough House (in his report, given to the Board of Commissioners on 13 April 1809.
This drawing and SM volume 76/2 show the floor plan of a ward, presumably one of those at the southern-most end of the projecting wings.
This drawing and SM volume 76/2 show the floor plan of a ward, presumably one of those at the southern-most end of the projecting wings.
Literature
Papers, presented to the House of Commons, relating to the Building of a New Infirmary, and the Leasing of Ground at Chelsea Hospital (ordered by the House of Commons) to be Printed, 20th April 1809
Level
Drawing
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