[42] Longitudinal section of stables and part of offices

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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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  - London: No. 49 (formerly 44) Grosvenor Square: alterations for Robert Knight, 1801-2 and 1818-19 (47)
    - Contract drawings for new offices stables and coach house 1818-19 (11)

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Reference number

SM 8/2/21

Purpose

[42] Longitudinal section of stables and part of offices

Aspect

Section on the Line A. B. and (verso) unidentified plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Robert Knight Esq^re, N^o6 / 12 July 1819 / Sam^l Lake

Signed and dated

03/09/1818
Lincolns Inn Fields / September 3^d 1818

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, raw umber, burnt umber and blue washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on wove paper (480 x 682)

Hand

The office Day Book for 3 September 1818 has an entry: Robert Knight Esq^re / drawing out Plans and / Elevations, and a Section / of proposed new Building / Bailey / Foxhall Bailey / that is George Bailey (1792-1860), pupil and assistant (August 1808 - January 1837) and Edward Foxhall (1793-1862), pupil and assistant November 1812 - January 1821

Notes

The section reveals the asymmetry concealed by the elevation (drawing [40]) so that two-storey floor heights at one end are 15 and 16 feet high and at the other 12 and 7 ½ feet. The basement link to the house is shown as partly existing but with a new roof/floor. The roof truss takes a different form from that show on drawing [46].

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Drawing

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