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

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  - Petworth House, Sussex: designs for portico and prospect tower for 3rd Earl of Egremont, 1814, 1816 (3)

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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 Hon^ble the Earl of Egremont, Design N^o 1

Signed and dated

00/10/1814
John Soane Archt Lincolns Inn Fields / Oct^r1814

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

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