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  • image SM volume 76/25

Reference number

SM volume 76/25

Purpose

[97] Working drawing, 1 November 1810

Aspect

Plan of the Timbers over the arcade of the New Infirmary at Chelsea Hospital

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

as above and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • Novr. 1st. 1810

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

1807

Notes

This drawing shows the structure of the timbers forming the roof of the south front arcade, and the floor for the balcony-walkway above it. The shorter pairs of beams are spaced according to the rhythm of the arcade piers and are designed to bear more weight. The outer perimeter is coloured red to signify brick.

Level

Drawing

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