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[1] Survey plan, 1783
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Reference number
SM 28/2/1
Purpose
[1] Survey plan, 1783
Aspect
Part Ground floor Plan Of old Tendering Hall Suffolk with north point
Scale
bar scale of 1/6 inch to one foot
Inscribed
as above, rooms labelled Temple room, Best Stairs, Bilyard room, Hall, Dining parlor, Presence room, Admiral Dresing / room, Office, Kitchen, Scullery, Pasage, Cooks / Pantry, Servents Hall, Butter pantry, Houskeep's room, and (cut) [? morn]ing room and [d]rawing room and verso (inscribed by Robert Baldwin fl.1762-c.1804) Tendring Hall / Ground Plan of Old House
Signed and dated
- 1783
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash partly within double ruled border on laid paper cut on the right-hand and left-hand sides. (457 x 630)
Hand
unidentified surveyor
Watermark
Portal, fleur-de-lis with P within crowned cartouche with GR below
Notes
The unfamiliar drawing paper, hand, spelling and compass point suggest that the plan was not made in Soane's office but by Admiral Rowley's surveyor.
The earlier house was acquired in c. 1750 by Admiral William Rowley who was succeeded by his second son in 1768 - Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, created 1st Baronet in June 1786 and dying in 1790 when he was succeeded by his son William Rowley.
The earliest dated drawing among those for Tendring at the Soane Museum is a plan for the 'Kitchen Court of Offices' dated 5 January 1784 that has a companion plan of the 'Basement Story, of Offices &c'.
Soane on a site visit to Tendring Hall on 8 May 1784 (Note Book 11) determined that the old house must be demolished. A site was chosen on rising ground with good views over the park and river valley.
The earlier house was acquired in c. 1750 by Admiral William Rowley who was succeeded by his second son in 1768 - Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, created 1st Baronet in June 1786 and dying in 1790 when he was succeeded by his son William Rowley.
The earliest dated drawing among those for Tendring at the Soane Museum is a plan for the 'Kitchen Court of Offices' dated 5 January 1784 that has a companion plan of the 'Basement Story, of Offices &c'.
Soane on a site visit to Tendring Hall on 8 May 1784 (Note Book 11) determined that the old house must be demolished. A site was chosen on rising ground with good views over the park and river valley.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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