Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[69] Working drawing for the roof timbers, 30 April 1795
Browse
Reference number
SM 77/1/60
Purpose
[69] Working drawing for the roof timbers, 30 April 1795
Aspect
Section of partition in the attic storey; and detail of oak nozing around roof; (verso) half-plan of the floor timbers
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 1 foot and half the full size
Inscribed
William Praed Esqre, A copy of this sent to Richards at Tyringham, The Quarters are to be nailed / on all the Partitions, as / shewn in the drawing // Whole Deal boarding on the flat // Whole Deal Gutters / 3/4 Deal boarding on the Sl---- // Purloins 5" by 5" // Small Rafters 3" by 3"½ // Small Quarters 3" by 3" and notched / in 1 Inch // Put small plates of Iron between / the Joints of Timbers &c / The Irons which go through / the Partition to be 1 Inch square / with a strong nut & screw at / each end, with a plate under / each nut 8 inches by 6 // Joists 7" by 3", The Girders to be of the largest / scantling that the pieces of / Timber will admit of, Put thin plates of Iron between / the shoulders of the Tennons / & the cheeks of the mortices / in all the Principal Timbers / as directed above at AAA &c, The Gutter is shewn here deeper / then it will be wanted in / in (sic) the Plan where the Partition / stands, it is shewn as deep / as it will be wanted any / where merely to shew that / such a Gutter may be had, Whole Deal Boarding, and section labelled Girder (twice), A (five times) and dimensions given ; (verso) X, Y, Z, L, M, N, O, P, V, B
Signed and dated
- 30 April 1795
L.I.F. April 1795 and April 30th 1795
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen and yellow, black, grey and pink washes on cartridge paper (618 x 487)
Hand
Soane office
Level
Drawing
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