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[1] Survey drawing of offices in the east wing, May 1795
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Reference number
SM 41/6/1
Purpose
[1] Survey drawing of offices in the east wing, May 1795
Aspect
Plans of the Basement Floor, Sub Ground Floor and Ground Floor
Scale
bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, labelled: (Basement Floor) 10.6 high, Pipe Office / Kitchen / 18.4 by 17.6, Pantry / 9.0, Larder, Treasrs Remembrs / Pantry, Treasrs Remembrs / Wine / Cellar, Warehouse, The Dutchy of Cornwall, Cellar (twice), Archway, Coals, Larder, Cellar, The Lord / Treasrs Remembrs / Scullery / 15.6 by 15.0, Treasurers / Remembrs / Coals / 12.8 by 17.6, Pipe Office / Coals / 12.8 by 17.6, (Sub Ground Floor) Pipe Office / Record Room / 18.4 by 17.6, 9.0 by / 17.6, Records / 16.0 by 14.6, Kitchen, Dutchy of Cornwall, Eating Room, The Lords / Treasrs Remembrs / Kitchen / 15.3 by 14.9, Pipe Office, Parlor / 16.6 by 17.6, Chamber / 8.10 by 17.6, (Ground Floor) Pipe Office / 26.10 by 17.7, Foreign / Apposer's / Office, Library / 17.6 by 14.9, Dutchy of Cornwall, 13.0 by 21.6, 22.6 by 14.9, 6.9, 18.0 by 14.6, Hall / 15.9 by 15.0, Clerk / 8.6 by 15.0, Treasrs Remembrs / 15.10 by 15.5, Treasurers Remembrancers / Clerks & Secondary's / 25.6 by 17.9, Somerset House, Copy
Signed and dated
- Lincolns Inn Fields May 21 1795
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown pen and black wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (557 x 339)
Hand
Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil 1791-96) or Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil 1794-1808)
Notes
This drawing and SM 41/6/2 show the layout of the offices of the Exchequer, the Duchy of Cornwall and a third, unidentified proprietor (possibly the Duchy of Lancaster) before Soane's alterations.
Level
Drawing
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