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[203] Working drawing, 26 May 1818
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Reference number
SM 67/4/7
Purpose
[203] Working drawing, 26 May 1818
Aspect
Plan of the Great / Roof for the Secretary's / new Office. / Chelsea Hospital
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
as above, labelled 8 the same, 43 Blocks, 41 Blocks to the other end and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 26th May. 1818 / A Mee
Hand
A.P. Mee (1802-1823, pupil 1818-1823)
Notes
The timber roof structure shown in here is a half-plan for the main building - it corresponds in scale to the elevation (SM 66/5/8).
The central roof of the Secretary's Office today is of a hipped structure, with a flat top which supports the lantern. Although the lantern was only added in 1821, it seems likely that the timber structure would always have included a flat top, not least in order to support four chimneys at each corner (which the skylight eventually fitted between). Soane had in fact contemplated a lantern earlier in his designs (see note to SM 67/2/17) and probably designed the roof accordingly.
The central roof of the Secretary's Office today is of a hipped structure, with a flat top which supports the lantern. Although the lantern was only added in 1821, it seems likely that the timber structure would always have included a flat top, not least in order to support four chimneys at each corner (which the skylight eventually fitted between). Soane had in fact contemplated a lantern earlier in his designs (see note to SM 67/2/17) and probably designed the roof accordingly.
Level
Drawing
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