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[25] Variant design for the elevation
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Reference number
SM 40/4/3
Purpose
[25] Variant design for the elevation
Aspect
Elevation, section through the front of the building and full-size detail of the cornice
Scale
bar scale of 2/7 inch to 1 foot and detail Full Size
Inscribed
W. Adair Jackson Esqr / Fountain Court, labelled: (elevation) 3 Try[gliphs], 5 Try[gliphs], 12 Trygliphs, 5 Try[gliphs], 3 Try[gliphs], floor, springing, floor, floor, A, (detail) A Full size, Wall line (twice), (in Soane's hand) Settled with Mess P & R April 8 1805, Copy and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 8 April 1805
Settled with Mess. P & R April 8 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper with two fold marks (534 x 696)
Hand
Charles Malton (1788)
Pupil February 1802 - December 1809.
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
Pupil February 1802 - December 1809.
Sir John Soane RA (1753 - 1837)
Notes
This elevation design was settled with the clients, Peters and Richards, on 8 April 1805. It corresponds with the plan in drawing [24]. As in earlier designs (e.g. [18], [19], [21]), the elevation is seven bays wide. The facade gives the appearance of two storeys and a raised basement, but the floors that are labelled and visible through some of the windows, and the section to the left of the sheet, show that internally the building has four floors (basement, ground, first and attic). The façade is very plain save for the entablature with trygliphs and the central pediment with antefixes and ornamental wreath with ribbons. The detail to the right of the sheet shows the profile of the string course at 'A' on the elevation. The design in this drawing matches that shown in an anonymous 1830 drawing of Fountain Court.
Level
Drawing
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