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[221] Design for repairs to Wren's portico, 1818
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Reference number
SM 67/3/7
Purpose
[221] Design for repairs to Wren's portico, 1818
Aspect
Chelsea Hospital, Elevation of Triglyph, Section of Cieling / in the Portico and Section thro' Pediment belonging to the central doorway
Inscribed
as above, labelled Chelsea Hospital, 2.9 / between and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- Feby 2d. 1818
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
1815
Notes
The Chelsea Hospital Board of Commissioners' minutes for the 25 June 1817 record that Soane was 'ordered to examine the Great Hall and the Vestibule as to the Repair thereof' and it is possible that these drawings are connected with those repairs.
Literature
Royal Hospital Chelsea: Board Minutes and Papers, January 1816-September 1818 (National Archives WO 250/377)
Level
Drawing
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