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[29] Skylight to greenhouse and new ceiling / floor
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Reference number
SM 89/5/20
Purpose
[29] Skylight to greenhouse and new ceiling / floor
Aspect
Ceiling floor / over new Building and Skylight to Greenhouse
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
as above, Lord Eliots St James Square, Gutter Plates 12 x 5 / Tie beams Binding Joists / Trimmers 9 by 4 / Principal Raft. / Collar Beam 6 by 4 / Ceiling joists 2 by 3, Lead Cistern, Oven, Kitchen, New / Room, (?) New Hole (ventilation ducts?)
Signed and dated
- 30/07/1805
July 30 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper with 3 fold marks (350 x 570)
Pen on laid paper with 3 fold marks (351 x 570)
Pen on laid paper with 3 fold marks (351 x 570)
Hand
attributed to R.Woodward, clerk of works 27 May to 12 October 1805 (Ledger D p.237)
Notes
The new greenhouse was located at the back of the 'drawing room floor' that is, the first floor. So that the roof of the greenhouse was at the level of the second floor. Drawing [14] indicates this and also the 'Ceilling floor'.
Level
Drawing
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