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[6a] Rough plans for alterations and additions extracted from Downhill note/sketchbook, 27 July - 2 September 1780
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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 80/1
Purpose
[6a] Rough plans for alterations and additions extracted from Downhill note/sketchbook, 27 July - 2 September 1780
Aspect
f.1recto. Rough plan of room 63:0 feet long, 36.0 feet without the apse at each end and 22.0 feet wide; rough part-section with dimensions given, with notes: Windows from the floor / abt 2':10" / Windows 9 feet 3 high, floor to ceiling 18.4½, height of barrel vault ceiling 7.0
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- 27 July 1780 - 2 September 1780
(notebook cover) SAT. JULY 27 TO / SAT. SEPT 2
Medium and dimensions
Pen unless pencil stated on laid paper, 47 leaves (sic, one missing) stitched into stout (buff coloured) paper covers 183 x 118
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane
Soane
Literature
P.du Prey, 'Je n'oublieray jamais: John Soane and Downhill', Quarterly Bulletin of the Irish Georgian Society, XXI Noas 3&4, 1978, pp.26-36
Level
Drawing
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