[24] Design for rampart walk over the gatehouse, February 1796

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SM 10/2/15

Purpose

[24] Design for rampart walk over the gatehouse, February 1796

Aspect

Two rough sections and plans; (verso) details of the column bases

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(Soane) lettered C and D and dimensions given; (verso, Soane) Mr Raffald / No 7 Beaument Street / at before 12 / Sunday, Devonshire plan , Recedes ½ Inch, 2 1/3, 1:6

Signed and dated

Feb. 11. 96 / at night

Hand

Soane office and Soane

Notes

The drawing is for the entrance to the Porter's Lodge from the rampart walk. The rampart walk passed behind the attic of the Lothbury entrance gate.

An inscription on the verso of the drawing, in Soane's hand, refers to a meeting at Number 9 Beaumont Street, with a note 'Devonshire plan'. There is evidence that Soane was involved with managing the lease and rent payments for an unidentified house at Beaumont Street for the Duke of Abercorn (SM Archive L/C/450) but this documentation dates form 1800. 'Devonshire plan' probably refers to survey and repairs Soane conducted at Number 15 Devonshire Square, EC2, for Stephen Thornton, a director of the Bank of England and Soane's client for a number of properties (including Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire). In 1794, Soane surveyed the property and in 1797 he made minor repairs (SM Archives L/C/253 and SM 8/87).

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Drawing

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