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  • image SM 47/2/59

Reference number

SM 47/2/59

Purpose

[16] Working drawing for the sanctuary addition, 8 October 1789

Aspect

Longitudinal section and half-cross section

Scale

bar scale of 3/11 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 8 October 1789
    Octbr 8 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and grey and pink washes on cartridge paper with three fold marks (636 x 472)

Hand

Soane office

Notes

The open interior of the sanctuary rises two storeys and has a domed ceiling, measuring 29 feet 1/4 inches from the floor to the top of the entablature. Round-headed arches surround the apsidal transepts on two floors. Corinthian and Ionic orders mirror the interiors of the existing chapel, as do the mouldings. A catacomb is beneath the altar. This drawing shows the shelf-tombs and narrow passages.

Level

Drawing

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