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Reference number
SM volume 42/84
Purpose
Sketch design
Aspect
Five-part plan and three-storey, three-bay elevation with portico in antis, and an alternative plan with a projecting reception room with canted bay
Inscribed
dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen on thin laid paper with two fold marks (186 x 230)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
part of crown and C Taylor
Notes
This initial idea for a compact villa, internally about 50 feet wide and 36 feet deep, is simple and elegant. The recessed portico, 12 feet wide, gives on to a staircase hall of the same width with a cantilevered stair in two flights, and an oval secondary stair at the back. On each side are two reception rooms.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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