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Reference number

SM 34/4/2

Purpose

[1] First design for portico to west front, 1814

Aspect

Elevation and wall plan of the 21-bay front with proposed addition of five-bay portico

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

The Right Honble the Earl of Egremont, Design No 1

Signed and dated

  • 00/10/1814
    John Soane Archt Lincolns Inn Fields / Octr 1814

Medium and dimensions

Pen, yellow, black and red washes, with triple ruled sepia and black border on wove paper (564 x 1210)

Hand

Soane office hand

Notes

Following a decision to have an entrance to the west front Soane proposed a five bay portico with panel pilasters with the first floor having banded rustication.

Earlier, the west front had been 'modified' by Matthew Brettingham, 1774-1779 by, for example, the lengthening of the ground floor windows.

Level

drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk