[28] Design for the basement floor

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  - London: Cedar Court, Roehampton: alterations and additions for John Thomson, 1804-1807 (49)
    - Designs for alterations and additions, February - December, 1805 (8)

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Reference number

SM 35/3/31

Purpose

[28] Design for the basement floor

Aspect

The Plan of the Basement Story

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

John Thomson Esq^re - Roehampton, labelled Dairy, Scalding / Room, Wine Cellar (twice), Small Beer Cellar, Strong / Beer Cellar, Coal Cellar, Butler's / Pantry, House Keeper's / Room, Bake House, Passage (3 times), Coal Cellar, Sub-Hall, Servant's Hall, Steward's / Hall, Larder, Scullery, Light and Kitchen

Signed and dated

21/12/1805
Copy Lincolns Inn Fields Dec^r 21^st 1805

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper 560 x 682)

Hand

Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. Nil in Soane office Day Book for 21 December 1805.

Notes

Labelled 'basement' floor though elevations and perspectives show the windows to be above ground level so a 'semi-basement'.

Level

Drawing

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