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Record drawing of the stables, 21 September 1828 (1)
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Record drawing of the stables, 21 September 1828 (1)
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Construction on the stables began in July 1824. The foundations were complete and most of the walls were plinth high on the 11 July (SMA 7/22/36). By August, 'the bricklayers have got all the walls to the stables and coach-houses level to the top of the floors over the stables' and the roof over the coach-houses was being framed (SMA 7/22/21).
The stables employ the 'primitive' aesthetic that Soane often used in utilitarian buildings, having a simple material and limited ornament while following the classical principles of proportion and design (see also du Prey, pp. 254-55). Large areas of unbroken brick walls are relieved by round-headed blind arches with the crowns glazed. The centre of the entrance front has a portico-like enclosure with three double-height round-headed arches.
Purney Sillitoe's coachman, Thomas Buckingham, lived with his wife Emily in the stables, as a 1851 census records (D. Jenkins, p.20).
The stables employ the 'primitive' aesthetic that Soane often used in utilitarian buildings, having a simple material and limited ornament while following the classical principles of proportion and design (see also du Prey, pp. 254-55). Large areas of unbroken brick walls are relieved by round-headed blind arches with the crowns glazed. The centre of the entrance front has a portico-like enclosure with three double-height round-headed arches.
Purney Sillitoe's coachman, Thomas Buckingham, lived with his wife Emily in the stables, as a 1851 census records (D. Jenkins, p.20).
Literature
P.du Prey, John Soane: the making of an architect, 1982, pp. 254-255;
D. Jenkins, The History of Pell Wall: its estate and its owners, Pell Wall Preservation Trust, 2003.
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