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[189] Record drawing of preliminary variant design for a single-storey Gardener's House, 1816
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Reference number
SM 67/2/4
Purpose
[189] Record drawing of preliminary variant design for a single-storey Gardener's House, 1816
Aspect
Plan, Chelsea Hospital, Sketch of a design for a new House for the Master Gardener
Scale
bar scale
Inscribed
as above, labelled Bed Room, Wash House, Kitchen, Parlour and some dimensions given
191 as above, labelled Parlour, Bed Room and Kitchen
Signed and dated
- 1816
Hand
Soane office
Notes
The new Gardener's house was sited on the West Road, opposite College Court but further south from Soane's Bakehouse.
The three slightly variant plans (this drawing, SM 67/2/5 and SM 67/2/3) show a simple four-room, one-storey structure with the entrance on the north side. The requirement of kitchen, parlour, wash house and bedroom remains the same in all three plans; a closet between the parlour and bedroom has been added to SM 67/2/5.
All three plans show a stair in the north-west corner. The building (as can be seen from the elevations shown in SM 67/1/18 and SM 67/1/19) is of one-storey only, and the stairs lead to a cellar, as can be seen from PRO (Works 31/230) (see notes to SM 67/1/16). This arrangement is very similar to Soane's Bakehouse (see note to drawings SM 67/1/16, SM 67/1/17, SM 67/1/18 and SM 67/1/19).
The three slightly variant plans (this drawing, SM 67/2/5 and SM 67/2/3) show a simple four-room, one-storey structure with the entrance on the north side. The requirement of kitchen, parlour, wash house and bedroom remains the same in all three plans; a closet between the parlour and bedroom has been added to SM 67/2/5.
All three plans show a stair in the north-west corner. The building (as can be seen from the elevations shown in SM 67/1/18 and SM 67/1/19) is of one-storey only, and the stairs lead to a cellar, as can be seen from PRO (Works 31/230) (see notes to SM 67/1/16). This arrangement is very similar to Soane's Bakehouse (see note to drawings SM 67/1/16, SM 67/1/17, SM 67/1/18 and SM 67/1/19).
Level
Drawing
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