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[1] Designs '1' to '4' for a two-storey lodge
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Reference number
SM 62/8/29
Purpose
[1] Designs '1' to '4' for a two-storey lodge
Aspect
Ground floor plans and front elevations
Scale
(plans) bar scales of 1/16 inch to 1 foot (designs 2 and 3), 1/8 inch to 1 foot (design 4), (elevations for designs 1-4) bar scales of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
The Right Honble Lord Ducie (twice), Design No 1, Design No 2, Design No 3, Design No 4, design 4 with rooms labelled; Lodge, The Archway over it / a prospect Room / 16'..0" by 12''..0", Alcove, Staircase / leading to the / Prospect Room and present wall
Signed and dated
- (recto and verso) Copy Lincolns Inn Fields Novr 15th 1796
Medium and dimensions
(recto & verso) Pen, sepia and light red washes, shaded on wove paper (565 x 333)
Hand
Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)
Notes
The four alternative designs become increasingly complex.
'Design 1' is one bay wide with single lancet windows under labels and with triglyphs or toothing under the parapets to each lodge. The plan consists of an extended semicircular room and a stair with an entrance on both sides. Between the twin lodges is a railing in four parts with pedestals.
'Design 2' takes the first design, gives it a rounded form and adds single storey projections to each side. There is no plan.
'Design 3' is of two-storeys with storey-high buttresses. The plan consists of an extended semicircular room with a door and the addition of a half-turn with winders stair . The upper windows are double lancets and the parapet is castellated. Between the twin lodges there are two short walls with drop arches and a with a double gate in the centre.
'Design 4' includes a 'Prospect Room' and is thus different from these and the following designs. A corresponding 'Lodge' and 'Alcove' are bridged by 'a prospect Room' over an 'archway'. There are single, double and triple semicircular-headed windows under labels, a decorated frieze and castellated parapet.
'Design 1' is one bay wide with single lancet windows under labels and with triglyphs or toothing under the parapets to each lodge. The plan consists of an extended semicircular room and a stair with an entrance on both sides. Between the twin lodges is a railing in four parts with pedestals.
'Design 2' takes the first design, gives it a rounded form and adds single storey projections to each side. There is no plan.
'Design 3' is of two-storeys with storey-high buttresses. The plan consists of an extended semicircular room with a door and the addition of a half-turn with winders stair . The upper windows are double lancets and the parapet is castellated. Between the twin lodges there are two short walls with drop arches and a with a double gate in the centre.
'Design 4' includes a 'Prospect Room' and is thus different from these and the following designs. A corresponding 'Lodge' and 'Alcove' are bridged by 'a prospect Room' over an 'archway'. There are single, double and triple semicircular-headed windows under labels, a decorated frieze and castellated parapet.
Level
Drawing
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