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Reference number
SM volume 42/154
Purpose
Design
Aspect
Elevation and section of a baseless Doric wooden (with bark) column with , entablature and frieze and (elevation) eaves
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 in to 1 ft approximately
Inscribed
Wood, brick, flints between brick Tryglyphs and some dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pencil on laid paper with four fold marks (205 x 225)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
C Hatch 1794
Notes
From about 1798, Soane made alterations to Betchworth Castle (see 42/41) as well as, for example, additions such as a greenhouse (42/141) and stables (42/155). See the Concise Catalogue for other drawings for Betchworth.
Literature
D.Stroud, Sir John Soane, 2nd ed., 1996, pp.177-9; P.Dean, 'Country houses and the Primitive', M.Richardson and Stevens, John Soane architect: master of space and light, 1999, pp.114-21
Level
Drawing
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