[97] Design for the floors above the Princes Street Vestibule

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Reference number

SM volume 73/63

Purpose

[97] Design for the floors above the Princes Street Vestibule

Aspect

Plan of the upper level of the Doric vestibule

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

Bank Vestibule, AA The water from this flat / to fall at B, C, on the flat D / & to be convey'd away by the pipe E / NB All the water that can be / convey'd into the (?)soil pipes / must be
pipe, Query, lettered A to D, Stone Arch (twice), 9" (three times), higher part of flat, Pav^dBrick Arch, See plan of Loggia, Paving brick area, 9" / Brick / walli, This recess / to (?)cut / deep as possible

Signed and dated

Sep^r 27: 1803

Hand

Soane

Notes

This drawing concerns the drainage of the flat roof over the recesses in the Doric Vestibule. The water collecting on the roof is directed to the courtyard. The drawing also shows the iron door at the entrance, with the inscription ordering the doorway to be as deep as possible.

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Drawing

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