[23] First floor plan, 30 November 1808

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Whitley Abbey, Coventry, Warwickshire: designs for additions and alterations for 1st Viscount Hood, 1807-1810 (43)
    - Surveys and designs made in November and December 1808 (16-26)

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Reference number

SM 35/2/13

Purpose

[23] First floor plan, 30 November 1808

Aspect

The Chamber Floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Plan for the Alterations and Improvements / of / Whitley Abbey / the Seat of the Lord Hood, labelled Lady Hood's / Room, Bath, Closet, Lady's Maid's / Room, Water Closet,, Best Staircase, Chamber (8 times), Dressing / Room (4 times), Common / Staircase and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

30/11/1808
Lincolns Inn Fields Nov^r 30^t^h : 1808

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, with pen and sepia wash border, on wove paper with old repair (520 x 725)

Hand

The office Day Book has Malton, Edwards and Underwood as working on Whitley Abbey

Verso

A few pencil marks

Watermark

J Waterman 1804

Notes

For earlier designs for the chamber floor see drawings [7] and [13]. The design for the chamber floor catalogued here has fewer bedrooms and dressing rooms than the earlier designs though Lady Hood is given a generous added on wing.

Level

drawing

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