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[24] Rough variant design for the new building
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Reference number
SM 40/4/12
Purpose
[24] Rough variant design for the new building
Aspect
Ground floor plan
Scale
bar scale of 2/7 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
labelled (in Soane's hand): Centre of / Arch below, D[itt]o (3 times), For craning / goods above / & below, trap open this / side, Shew board, brick up / this / doorcase / in the / finishg, (pencil) Strong Closet, Centre / of / Arch below (twice), (pencil) Remember Pump, *Fix crane at*, No 99999th design for Fountain Court - supposed to be the / last!!!, Heights of these doors / not less than 7 feet 6, Settled with Messrs Peters & R. April 8 1805 and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 6 April 1805
April 6th 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper (730 x 538)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
1801 / J Whatman
Notes
This rough design was drawn by Soane himself and shows an alternative design for the ground floor without the semicircular warehouse to the rear or the court at the centre of the building. Instead the back wall is straight, as in Soane's initial design (drawing [4]). Soane's inscriptions refer to the anchoring of cranes and the centre points of the arches at basement level. The architect was evidently beginning to run out of patience by the time that this drawing was made, labelling it as the 'No 99999th design for Fountain Court - supposed to be the last!!!'. Soane's note suggests that many more designs were produced than the 20 or so that survive today, though this one was, presumably, the last as according to another note it was settled with the client on 8 April 1805.
Level
Drawing
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