[8] Presentation drawing of design No I, Principal Floor, February 1789

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Bentley Priory, Harrow, London: (executed) two additions, outbuildings and an entrance hall addition for John James Hamilton, later 9th Earl, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 1788-1799, 1805 (178)
    - Presentation drawings of designs No I, II and III February 1789 (8)

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Reference number

SM 30/2/5

Purpose

[8] Presentation drawing of design No I, Principal Floor, February 1789

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor

Scale

bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(upper case) as above, with the proposed alterations and additions, Bentley Priory / Design N^oI, The Hon^ble John James Hamilton, (Soane) 17 feet high and plan labelled (Soane): Vestibule, Ante chamber / 14.10 by 13.5½, Withdrawing Room / 17.8½ by 23.5½, Eating Room / 23 feet by 17.5, Corridor / & / Staircase to the Bath &c, Breakfast Room / 18'9" by 22.3, Room for Pictures Statues, &c &c / 30 feet diameter, Library &c / 30 feet by 24 feet, Bookcase for folios, bookcase (three times)

Signed and dated

February 1789
Welbeck Street February MDCCLXXXIX

Medium and dimensions

pen and grey, black, pink and blue washes, within triple-ruled and wash border on laid paper (712 x 496)

Hand

Attributed to Sanders, John (1768--1826) - Library - Catalogs, draughtsman
attributed to John Sanders (1768 -, pupil 1784-90) and Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-94)
Attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
attributed to John Sanders (1768 -, pupil 1784-90) and Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-94)

Watermark

J Whatman and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with W below

Notes

The existing house, shown in black wash, is five bays on a rectangular plan with two chimneys at either end. The entrance vestibule leads directly into the geometric staircase, ante-chamber, withdrawing room and eating room. The eating room has a segmental end and columns framing a recess on the north wall. The proposed east wing has a breakfast room, a library, and a circular single-storey top-lit 'room for pictures, statues, etc' that is round in plan and 30 feet in diameter. A staircase leads down to the basement. The rooms on the ground floor are aligned with the existing house so as to establish a vista from the entrance hall through the drawing room and library.

Level

Drawing

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