[203] Working drawing, 26 May 1818

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  - London: Royal Hospital, Chelsea for the Board of Commissioners, 1807-1835 (226)
    - Secretary's Offices, 30 March - 24 June 1818 (9)

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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

26^th 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.

Level

Drawing

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