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  • image SM volume 76/51

Reference number

SM volume 76/51

Purpose

[124] Site progress drawing, 26 November 1814

Aspect

Elevation of the Back Front of Stables at Chelsea Hospital (west side) showing on the right-hand a pavilion without a roof

Scale

bar scale

Inscribed

as above

Signed and dated

  • November 26th: 1814.

Hand

Soane office

Notes

This drawing shows the other side of this west range. Ptolemy Dean describes this west front facing the road, with its blind arcading, as 'a Dulwich in compression'. An attic is shown above and was presumably accommodation for the grooms or coachmen.

Literature

P. Dean, 'The Royal Hospital Chelsea I- Pre-1815' in Sir John Soane and London, 2006, p.68

Level

Drawing

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