[2] Record copy of working drawing for communion rail, 1785

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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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  - Hingham, Norfolk: Church of St Andrew: reredos and communion rail for the Revd Philip Woodhouse, 1785 (2)

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Reference number

SM volume 57/38

Purpose

[2] Record copy of working drawing for communion rail, 1785

Aspect

Plan of Railing, Elevation of Railing and of reredos, Elevation of ½ the Door & part of Railing / in front next the altar, Plan next the Altar, Elevation of ½ the (sic) & part of railing in front of Altar / Screen next the Church, Plan next the Church

Scale

(plan) bar scale of 1/10 inch to one foot and (elevational detail) bar scale of 1/5 of an inch to one foot

Inscribed

as above, The Rev^d Philip Wodehouse, Hingham Church, plan labelled The Step to kneel on, Observe the Base Moldings / of the Pedestal EF, are to range / with the base Moldings of the / new Screen HH, The Base Moldings of the / old Monument determine the / width of the kneeling Step, Open (7 times), door (twice), Central Line and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

1785
datable to 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash on laid paper (427 x 280)

Hand

Soane office

Watermark

Taylor

Literature

N. Pevsner and B. Wilson, Norfolk I: Norwich and north-east, 2nd ed., 1997, pp.404-5

Level

Drawing

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