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[10] Design for alterations and additions
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Reference number
SM 35/3/35
Purpose
[10] Design for alterations and additions
Aspect
Plan of the Prinicipal Floor with proposed alterations and added notes
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, John Thomson Esqre, Ch[imhe]y & window / over if Poss:, Anti room, Water Clo[set], B. The -ance co--------- / as below & left in / Passage, no Water Closet / & the whole / space in the / Staircase, Garrets over Chambers, This Room -- / to be distempered / The Room over / not to be distempered, This Room to / be raised 2 feet, To be raised / 18 Inches. Qy [query] Garrets over, Anti room, Butler, Water Closet and a few pencil inscriptions too faint to be read,
Signed and dated
- 15/06/1804
Lincolns Inn Fields June 15th 1804
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, some pencil, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (504 x 712)
Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
The drawing is by a Soane office hand with notes added by Soane.
The drawing is by a Soane office hand with notes added by Soane.
Notes
See drawing [22] for a survey plan of the ground floor. Here, Soane's proposals include new wings and adjustments to the staircases.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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