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[1] Survey drawing of existing house, plan, 1785
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Reference number
SM 6/3/4
Purpose
[1] Survey drawing of existing house, plan, 1785
Aspect
Plan of house and offices arranged around two courtyards, the larger entered by a turreted gatehouse and with a chapel on the left-hand side and the old, thick-walled great hall in the centre; elevation of four bays of the eight-bay south front of 1724. Verso: very faint (pencil) part-elevation with a ? bowed portico in Soane's hand.
Scale
bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
some rooms labelled (by Soane): Brick Parlor, Entrance, China Closet, Cleaning Shoes, Servants Hall, (pencil) Lobby, Passage, Chapel, Bedroom, Bedroom, (?) Tapestry Room, Washouse, Laundry, for Ladys, Dairy, Dairy, Brewhouse, Bakehouse, (?) Sacristy and (below gatehouse) East, some dimensions given
The drawing was mistakenly inscribed Earl Paulett Hinton St George by ? George Bailey (office assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-1860)
Signed and dated
- c1785
datable to 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen with black and three tones of grey wash, pencil, pricked for transfer within single-ruled wide margin on laid paper, 2 sheets joined, old repairs (938 x 448)
Hand
Possibly Sanders, John (1768--1826) - Library - Catalogs, draughtsman
? John Sanders (pupil 1 September 1784-1790)
? John Sanders (pupil 1 September 1784-1790)
Watermark
Whatman (twice), fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W
Literature
P.Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, pp.43-44, fig. 2.3 reproduces this plan
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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