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Reference number
SM 46/5/1
Purpose
[39] Survey plans
Aspect
Plans of the two floors (verso) details of plans
Inscribed
Ramsey Abbey, New Road (twice), Chy [chimney], Old Road, Garden, S (3 times) T (twice) and 0, with running dimensions given and (verso) P and T and running dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 07/07/1805
Sunday July 7 : 1805
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen and pencil, hatching, on laid paper (310 x 410)
Brown pen, hatching, some pencil, on laid paper folded three times(307 x 408)
Brown pen and pencil, hatching, on laid paper folded three times (310 x 410)
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Brown pen, hatching, some pencil, on laid paper folded three times(307 x 408)
Brown pen and pencil, hatching, on laid paper folded three times (310 x 410)
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Hand
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
Watermark
Britannia in crowned oval and crowned GR 1804
Notes
The drawings (by Soane) were made freehand in pen with the running dimensions carefully added. All are of the 15th century gatehouse at Ramsey Abbey.
Apparently the great arch on its western side was removed in the 16th century to Hinchingbrooke, near Huntingdon to make another gatehouse. Drawings [44] and [45] are designs for a replacement arch with a small extension.
Apparently the great arch on its western side was removed in the 16th century to Hinchingbrooke, near Huntingdon to make another gatehouse. Drawings [44] and [45] are designs for a replacement arch with a small extension.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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