[36] Elevation

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Ramsey Abbey, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire): alterations and additions for W.H.Fellowes, 1804-07 (60)
    - Record drawings of lancet window, 15 June 1805 (2)

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Reference number

SM 77/3/4

Purpose

[36] Elevation

Aspect

Elevationn of lancet window with amendments

Scale

to a scale of 1 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

dimensions given

Signed and dated

18/06/1805
June 18^th 1805

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen over a pencil grid, on laid paper (509 x 338)

Hand

James Cook
The Soane office Day Book has nothing under 18 June 1805 regarding Ramsey Abbey. The drawing was probably made by the clerk of works - James Cook.

Notes

The drawing is of a lancet window '8:9¼' plus '3:3' high with pen amendments and a pencil addition. The window has a lead glazing pattern consisting of six quatrefoils over a loose lattice pattern. The purpose of the brown pen additions and bow-shaped detail (made by Soane) iis not clear. The lancet windows to the north front of the Abbey were an important element in Soane's design (see drawings [25]-[27]).

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