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Reference number
SM volume 64/225
Purpose
[3] Record copy of a survey drawing
Aspect
General plan as in drawing SM volume 67/51
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
(pencil, attibuted to A. Bolton (1864-1945, curator 1917-45)) Castle Hill / Lord Fortescue / See also p.123
Signed and dated
- datable to May 1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, light and dark grey wash, pencil on laid paper (451 x 289)
Hand
John McDonnell (1770-?, pupil 1796-1791), John Sanders (1758-?1826, pupil 1784-90) and Soane
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
SM volume 67/51 and SM volume 64/225 are designs for altering the office wings, with the central range of the house left without much detail. The drawings correspond to the elevation in SM 5/3/7, showing Soane's preliminary designs for alterations.
SM volume 67/51 is a measured drawing for making alterations to the west wing and the terminal pavilions. The wood house and malt house occupying the west wing were refitted to contain a kitchen, laundry, housekeeper's room and other servants' rooms. Preliminary designs for these alterations are shown on SM volume 67/51, with windows and a door added to the drawing in pen. A 'Road to Offices' and 'Drying Ground' have been added by Soane in pencil on the left-hand side of the sheet, suggesting a road approaching the house on the west side and entering the 'gothic gateway' to the rear of the house, with a drying ground behind the hedges so as not to be visible from the front entrance. The brew house and washhouse to the north of the central section were demolished.
In comparing drawings SM volume 67/51 and SM volume 64/225 with later plans (SM volume 67/52 and SM volume 64/123), it is apparent that the layout of Lord Fortescue’s rooms was greatly altered, suggesting that another set of building works occurred after the offices were refitted, between 1788 and 1791.
SM volume 67/51 is a measured drawing for making alterations to the west wing and the terminal pavilions. The wood house and malt house occupying the west wing were refitted to contain a kitchen, laundry, housekeeper's room and other servants' rooms. Preliminary designs for these alterations are shown on SM volume 67/51, with windows and a door added to the drawing in pen. A 'Road to Offices' and 'Drying Ground' have been added by Soane in pencil on the left-hand side of the sheet, suggesting a road approaching the house on the west side and entering the 'gothic gateway' to the rear of the house, with a drying ground behind the hedges so as not to be visible from the front entrance. The brew house and washhouse to the north of the central section were demolished.
In comparing drawings SM volume 67/51 and SM volume 64/225 with later plans (SM volume 67/52 and SM volume 64/123), it is apparent that the layout of Lord Fortescue’s rooms was greatly altered, suggesting that another set of building works occurred after the offices were refitted, between 1788 and 1791.
Literature
P. Dean, Sir John Soane and the country estate, 1999, pp. 175
Level
Drawing
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