[31] Plan of basement

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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: 33 St James's Square, Charles Street and Market Lane: alterations and additions for Lord Eliot, 1805-1819 (55)
    - Working drawings for alterations June-August 1805 (15)

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Reference number

SM 89/5/18

Purpose

[31] Plan of basement

Aspect

Plan of Basement

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, rooms labelled: No Alterations, Butlers Pantry, Servants Sleeping / Room, Stewards Hall, Window / under / Portico, This Room being dark / whould (sic) be useful as / a Knife Room etc, Store Closet, Wine Cellar, Stairs, old Window, Passage converted out / of end of old Housekeepers / Room, Passage, Closet, Housekeepers Room to / be converted out of old / Store Room, surrounding / Passage / Fire Place turned from / other side Wall, Passage Shorten, Old Door / way, Scullery, Kitchen, Court Yard

Signed and dated

13/08/1805
August 13 1805

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black and ink washes, brown pen additions on laid paper with 5 fold marks (328 x 198)

Hand

Soane office hand

Notes

The untidy brown pen alteratiions are by Soane.

Level

Drawing

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