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Reference number

SM 8/4/7

Purpose

[45] Design for an ice house

Aspect

Plans Sections & Elevations of / an Ice HouseThe Ground Plan, Plan at C-D (see Section), Elevation of the Front, Section A B See Plan, Section E F (see Plan)

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Ground Plan, Plan at C D (see Section), Elevation of the Front, Section A B See Plan, SectionE F (see Plan), Reference to Plan G D / G G are the Holes in the Section /marked G G / The Planks to be laid with spaces / between for the Water to Run off, A B, E F, G D, and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 11/08/1798
    (Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields Augst 11 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, red and yellow washes, shaded on wove paper with one old fold marks, recently re-backed (520 x 625)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. The Soane office Day Book for 11 August 1798 gives [George] Mansfield and Seward as working on drawings for Betchworth Castle.
George Mansfield
Surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1808.

Notes

The plan for the ice house is circular with a front that is triangular.
Filed with the drawing (other than designs for brew houses and water houses) is another design for an ice house (8/4/5-6) with the same practical cup and dome construction used at Betchworth. Soane published plans and sections for an ice house in Sketches in Architecture, 1793, plate XLIII

Level

Drawing

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

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