[40] Front elevation of stables (to Charles Street)

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Town houses
  - 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 8/2/19

Purpose

[40] Front elevation of stables (to Charles Street)

Aspect

Elevation of the proposed New Stables &c

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Robert Knight Esq^{r^e} and N^o 4 / 12 July 1819 / Sam^{^{^{^l}}}Lake

Signed and dated

Lincolns Inn Fields / September 3^rd1818

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, burnt umber and blue washes, shaded on wove paper (488 x 677)

Hand

The office Day Book for 3 September 1818 has an entry: 'Robert Knight Esq^re / Drawing out Plans and / Elevation and a section / of proposed new Building / Bailey / Foxhall' 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

A symmetrical five bay, two storey building with a round arched central door, flanked by a round-headed window and, on either side, two- storey arches with Diocletian windows, one above the other. The eaves have Soane's characteristic T-shaped brick toothing.

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