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[3] Survey of the front elevation
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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 Honble 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.
Level
Drawing
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