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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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