As in drawings 142 to 145, drawings 155 to 159 chart the development of a single design, with each of Soane's rough pen alterations considered and included in the final. The door is initially set below a three-part segmental-arched window but this window is later omitted in favour of a door with a shallow segmental arch that is 'to correspond with segm[enta]l arch at [opposite] end of hall'. The arched door is set between pilasters framing recessed panels. A lead roof is included over the rounded wings and a pitched roof over the middle bay. An attempt is made to include vases on the stone parapet but Soane instructs his pupil to 'omit the vases' in the final design.

The exterior has a reductive Doric style, using shadow and simple ornament to produce an informed classicism in a reduced and minimal manner. Large brick triglyphs, a form of dentillation sometimes referred to as 'toothing', are under the projecting eaves. The pilasters have simple rectilinear capitals and shadow gaps at their bases to give an indication of their classical origins.

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