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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.

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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