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[148] Site record drawing of the old house, 25 April 1815
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Reference number
SM volume 76/58
Purpose
[148] Site record drawing of the old house, 25 April 1815
Aspect
View of the Front of the Clerk of the Works' house, and / part of the Old Stables, as they stood previously to the alterations., Chelsea Hospital (north front)
Inscribed
as above
Signed and dated
- April 25th. 1815
Hand
Soane office
Notes
This drawing, SM volume 76/54 and SM volume 76/55 (a well as SM volume 76/56 and SM volume 76/57) show the house, visually divided into two parts. That to the east has a pitched roof with dormer windows above four tall windows while the west part of the house is made up of a number of additions.
This drawing is from the view-point of Paradise Row, showing the north front of the house that adjoins the stables on the left hand (eastern) side . Here the Clerk of Works' House extends as far as the window nearest the left hand side (on the east) (which can again be seen on SM 66/5/10 and SM 66/5/11), beyond which are the stables.
This drawing is from the view-point of Paradise Row, showing the north front of the house that adjoins the stables on the left hand (eastern) side . Here the Clerk of Works' House extends as far as the window nearest the left hand side (on the east) (which can again be seen on SM 66/5/10 and SM 66/5/11), beyond which are the stables.
Literature
C.G.T. Dean, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1950, p.115
Level
Drawing
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