[1] Design for addition of wells and pipes

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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.
  - Everton House near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire: addition of piped water and greenhouse for William Astell, 1812-1813 (5)

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Reference number

SM 35/5/2

Purpose

[1] Design for addition of wells and pipes

Aspect

Plan of house and offices showing proposed pipe runs and wells

Scale

1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Mr Astell Esq^re Everton House, near Biggleswade Bedfordshire, Library, Dressing Room, Water Closet, Hall, Dining Room, Drawing Room, Servants Hall, Housekeepers Room, StoreRoom, Dairy, Butter pantry, Kitchen, Pastry Room, Scullery, Larder, Pump Room, Large Well, Coal hole, Cinders, Privy, Coals, Brewhouse, Laundry, Wash house, Copper, Knife Room, Wood (3 times), Bottle / House, Privy, Scalding Room, Drying Yard and a few dimensions given

Signed and dated

00/00/1812
1812

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and burnt Sienna washes on wove paper (532 x 860, 300 + (attached) 300 x 258)

Hand

Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office

Watermark

J Whatman 1811

Notes

Placed on four sides of a large 'drying yard' the service area is quite a lot larger than the house itself.

Level

drawing

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