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[12] Design close to the final design, from June 1784
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Reference number
SM 28/1/7
Purpose
[12] Design close to the final design, from June 1784
Aspect
Plan of The Principal Story, plans to a smaller scale of The Cellar Story and The Bedchamber Story and elevation of the North Front; a kitchen is shown on the left-hand side of the ground floor plan and elevation. This addition, drawn freehand by Soane, illustrates the unresolved problem of the offices. Excluding the offices, the design is close to that shown in drawing 11, the house plan reversed as requested in the same drawing
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot, reduced scale of 1/16 inch 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, (Baldwin) Revrd John Gooch, Garrets in the Roof, NB. All the windows in the South Front to be six Inches from the Floor, Portland Stone, rooms labelled: (4 kitchen labels by Soane) Kitchen, Pantry, Scullery, Closet, Library, Bookcases, Portico, Vestibule, Eating Room; Ale / Strong Beer / & Cyder &c, A, Wine Cellar, Earth; Passage, Bedchr or dressg Ro[o]m and dimensions given (Soane) notes: Over the Scullery, a Water Closet / Lobby & Pantry to go up to the Roof / B. As the Lobby goes to the / Roof the Water Closet may be lighted from this / Lobby / C. a door over this into W. Closet from the Landg of / back Stairs first floor with the steps down into it
Signed and dated
- June 1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, black, light red and grey-blue washes, pencil, shaded within ruled and sepia wash border on laid paper (555 x 437)
Hand
BALDWIN, Robert (fl. 1762--1787), draughtsman
Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-c.1804)/ some inscriptions by Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-c.1804)/ some inscriptions by Soane
Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-c.1804)/ some inscriptions by Soane
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Robert Baldwin (fl.1762-c.1804)/ some inscriptions by Soane
Watermark
J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
In Pursuit of Antiquity: Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism, Sir John Soane's Museum, 1 February - 1 June 2008; Tchoban Foundation Museum für Architekturzeichnung, Berlin, 3 October 2015 - 14 February 2016
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk