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