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  • image SM volume 76/71

Reference number

SM volume 76/71

Purpose

[161] Record (detail) drawing, c. June 1815

Aspect

Chelsea Hospital, Elevation of one of the Chimney Shafts at the Clerk of the Works House

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

as above and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • datable to c. June 1815

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing and SM volume 76/70 show the designs for two types of chimney stack used on the Clerk of Works' House.

The drawing shows a central window with two chimney shafts to either side, each pair joined by two stone string-courses and crowned by a plain chimney pot. This arrangement was repeated on each of the four sides of the attic.

Literature

G. Soane, article in The Champion, 10 September 1815

Level

Drawing

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