[7] Rough design for the new building

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  - London: Fountain Court, Aldermanbury: surveys and designs for a new counting house for William Adair Jackson Esq. and Messrs Peters & Co, 1798-1805 (25)

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Reference number

SM 40/4/17

Purpose

[7] Rough design for the new building

Aspect

Ground floor plan and elevation

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

W. A. Jackson Esq^re, Sketch of a Design for the New Buildings in Fountain Court, labelled: Compting / House, Porter, Entrance, Court (3 times), high wind[ow], Q^y 9 feet, high window, high wind[ow], Compting House

Signed and dated

5 July 1804
July 5 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper with two fold marks (557 x 676)

Hand

Soane

Notes

In this rough design, which is in Soane's hand, the curved façade of the previous designs [4-6] has been replaced with a faceted elevation, probably due to the evident difficulty that the architect had in creating a regular interior plan. A rough elevation in pencil shows the central part of the façade which is three bays wide and has two storeys with a raised basement.

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Drawing

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