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[124] Site progress drawing, 26 November 1814
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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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