[3] Survey of the front elevation

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  - London: 59-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields (Lindsey House), Camden: surveys and alterations for Sir Spencer Perceval, 1802 (9)

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Reference number

SM 38/3/3

Purpose

[3] Survey of the front elevation

Aspect

Elevation of 'Lindsey House' in Lincolns Inn Fields

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Hon^ble Spencer Perceval and (pencil) some dimensions given

Signed and dated

October 1802
October 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (570 x 678)

Hand

Thomas Sword or William Edward Rolfe

Notes

This survey of the front elevation of the house is unfinished. It shows the five-bay façade with rusticated ground floor and Ionic pilasters covering the upper floors. The ground floor windows are ornamented with pediments - the central pediment open and scrolled - and above the cornice is a balustrade shielding the attice storey and tall chimney stacks. The house was divided in two in the mid-eighteenth century and therefore there are two doors with separate arched fanlights which are measured, as are the ground-floor windows.

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Drawing

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