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Reference number
SM volume 42/114
Purpose
Design in a rustic Italianate style
Aspect
Plan and elevation. The plan is a shallow cruciform with a segmentally bowed entrance answered by a similarly bowed window. Corner piers support an upper storey 12 feet 3 inches square internally, no stair is indicated. The elevation shows a round-arched entrance and three circular openings above a string course, a segmental arched doorway fronted by a verandah on the middle storey, and an upper storey with louvred openings and thatched roof
Scale
bar scale of 1/7 in to 1 ft approximately
Inscribed
12 feet 3 [inches] and (feint pencil) calculations
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, raw umber and sepia washes, shaded on laid paper (304 x 196)
Hand
Soane
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche with GR below
Notes
The purpose of the building is not clear but the lack of a stair and the louvred upper storey suggest a game larder (Stephen Astley, 8.10.07) rather than, say, a dairy (no room for a boiler) or a pigeon house (too chilly) or a prospect tower (no staircase). The design is pleasing and was no doubt intended to be an adornment to the view from the house.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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