[11] Design 'No.1' for alterations and additions

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  - London: Cedar Court, Roehampton: alterations and additions for John Thomson, 1804-1807 (49)
    - Designs for alterations and additions to the existing house, June-July 1804 (8)

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Reference number

SM 35/3/40

Purpose

[11] Design 'No.1' for alterations and additions

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor with proposed Alterations

Scale

bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Design N^o 1, John Thomson Esq^re, Copy Original, Sent by poist July 10^th : 1804 / John Thompson Esq / West Lodge / nr Blandford / Dorsetshire - till Tuesday next / after that / Waverly Abbey / Farnham / Surrey, labelled Drawing Room, Saloon, Eating Room, Corridor(twice), Entrance / Hall, Back / Stair Case and dimensions given

Signed and dated

Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / July 4^th : 1804 and Copy - Original / Sent by Post July 10^th : 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (388 x 490)

Hand

Soane office hand (no office Day Book)

Notes

For a plan of the house as Soane found it see drawing [22].
Here, a comparison with 'Design N^o 2' shows some variation in, for example, the treatment of the corridor with right-angle ends (No.2) or diagonal ends (No.1). An open-well stair has been removed in design No.2 otherwise all is very similar.

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