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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM volume 42/164
Purpose
Sketch design
Aspect
Front elevation
See Tyringham House, drawing 45, for full catalogue of volume 42/164
See Tyringham House, drawing 45, for full catalogue of volume 42/164
Inscribed
Tyringham
Signed and dated
- April 14. 1794
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen on wove paper (189 x 364)
Hand
Soane
Notes
Soane's sketch elevation is close to the executed design except for the treatment of the parapets that are shown here as continuous and without the addition of short blocking courses and also without the strigilated chimney pots that, in any case, have since been removed. A plan also dated 'April 14. 1794' (SM 62/8/22) and a sheet with plan, elevations, section and details (SM 62/8/23) dated 'April 16th 1794' closely relate to the design catalogued here.
See also (this) volume 42/45, 42/133, 42/147, and SM 3/5/1-46 and the Concise Catalogue for further drawings for Tyringham.
See also (this) volume 42/45, 42/133, 42/147, and SM 3/5/1-46 and the Concise Catalogue for further drawings for Tyringham.
Literature
N.Pevsner & E.Williamson, Buckinghamshire, 1994, pp. 703-6; D.Stroud, Sir John Soane, 2nd ed., 1996, pp.169-74; G.Darley, John Soane: an accidental Romantic, 1999, pp.106-110; M.Richardson and M.Stevens, John Soane architect: master of space and light, 1999, pp.128-39
Level
Drawing
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