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  • image SM volume 76/37

Reference number

SM volume 76/37

Purpose

[119] Record drawing, 25 October 1814

Aspect

Section of Roof of the New Stables, Chelsea Hospital showing a king post truss 22 feet wide overall, 19 feet between the wall-plates

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

as above and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • October 25th: 1814

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing, SM volume 76/38, SM volume 76/39 and SM volume 76/40 are record copies of drawings made by a pupil in Soane's office show that alternative types of roof truss were considered: a king post truss and a queen post with a flat top. The elevated perspective of 'the new buildings' at Chelsea Hospital (SM P387) shows that the roof, as built, was hipped with a central three-bay attic with a pavilion roof.

Level

Drawing

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