[160] Design for the interior of the entrance hall, 21 May 1798

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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)
    - Designs for the interior of the entrance hall, 21 and 25 May 1798 (2)

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Reference number

SM 30/2/69

Purpose

[160] Design for the interior of the entrance hall, 21 May 1798

Aspect

Half cross Section of the new Entrance at Bentley Priory; rough detail of window architrave; rough section; (verso) south elevation of the entrance hall; detail of bracket over door

Scale

bar scale of 7/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Marquiss of Abercorn, springing of arch, dimensions given, (pencil) is this to be stone, to 11: 4½ on a sheet / of (?)cartridge paper; (verso) To Mr J. Pullinger clerk of the works / at the Marquiss of Abercorn's / Bentley Priory / Stanmore / Middx, Single Sheet

Signed and dated

21 May 1798
Lincolns Inn Fields May 21 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and grey and pink washes on laid paper with four fold marks (455 x 363)

Hand

Seward, Henry Hake (1778--1848), draughtsman
Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil and assistant 1794-1808)

Watermark

I Taylor and horn within crowned cartouche and GR below

Notes

Drawing 160 shows Soane's alterations to the ceiling height in the rounded alcoves, lowering the ceiling so that a sight-line can be obtained from the centre of the entrance hall to the ceiling ornamentation. A figure measuring approximately 6 feet tall stands in the centre of the hall, a line drawn between his eyes and the ceiling.

The office Day Books record that Soane's pupil Seward made sections and elevations of the entrance hall on 19 and 21 May 1798.

Drawing 160 was sent to John Pullinger, the clerk of works at Bentley Priory. Pullinger was a master carpenter and clerk of works at various Soane buildings, including Aynhoe Park in 1799 (q.v.).

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Drawing

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