[7] Presentation drawing of design No I, Basement Floor, February 1789

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  - Bentley Priory, Harrow, London: (executed) two additions, outbuildings and an entrance hall addition for John James Hamilton, later 9th Earl, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 1788-1799, 1805 (178)
    - Presentation drawings of designs No I, II and III February 1789 (8)

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Reference number

SM 30/2/35

Purpose

[7] Presentation drawing of design No I, Basement Floor, February 1789

Aspect

Plan of the Basement Floor

Scale

bar scale of 3/20 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(upper case) as above, with the proposed alterations and additions, Bentley Priory / Design N^oI, The Hon^ble John James Hamilton, and plan labelled (Soane): Beer Cellar, Earth, Chamber, Chamber, Chamber / 9' by 18'6, Passage, The Bath room / 9'6 by 14', Bath, Copper &c / for Bath, Gentlemans / dressing room / 9 feet by 18'6, Stewards room / 17' by 18', Passage, Beer or wine cellar, wine cellar, housekeeper's room, wine cellar, wine cellar

Signed and dated

February 1789
Welbeck Street February MDCCLXXXIX

Medium and dimensions

Pen and grey, sepia, black and burnt umber washes, within triple-ruled and wash border on laid paper (712 x 496)

Hand

Attributed to Sanders, John (1768--1826) - Library - Catalogs, draughtsman
attributed to John Sanders (1768 -, pupil 1784-90) and Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-94)
Attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
attributed to John Sanders (1768 -, pupil 1784-90) and Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-94)

Watermark

J Whatman and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche with W below

Notes

In the basement, a gentleman's dressing room leads into a bath room. The bath room is a rectangular shape but Soane has employed arches to divide the room into a square space and a subsidiary end. A symmetry is thereby achieved, while also imbuing the room with the atmosphere of a Roman bath.

Level

Drawing

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