[14] Working drawing for the roof timbers over the addition

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Reference number

SM 77/1/38

Purpose

[14] Working drawing for the roof timbers over the addition

Aspect

Plan of roof timbers at base of the dome (cancelled); and part-plans of the ribs supporting the ceiling (cancelled); (verso) ground plan of house and oubuildings surrounded by a wall

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot; (verso) 5/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(pencil) lettered A to L, Base line of the rafter, Base line of Rib G, The Groin Rib G, Base line of Rib G, Base line of the Rafter, G Rib, Section of D, Fig^r A is the Plan of Roof shewing the Beams, Plates / & Braces as intended to be framed / Both the Beams over --- with short pieces framed between as at / C & the beams Bolted together as described in the Plan / D are Beams Bolted together and Dovetailed down to Beams B.B. / E Is a slate layering in the wall for the Roof to spring from / F (?)are angular Braces to be cut into the Beams & bolted through / You must be carefull in the situation of these Braces so / that you get clear of them in Your cieling / G Is the given rib in the angles, I is A section of the Brace F / which determon [sic] its situation / K Is a piece of timber which suppport[s] the hip after halv'd down / to Beams & braces as inscribed in the hip Rafter / L Hip rafter laid out shewing the --- through piece K and / Beam D / G Is the angular Rib, The Scantlings of Timber / Beams; (verso) Mr Wa(re's?) / Ro[om], Pa[ntry], Bake[house], and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and yellow and pink washes on cartridge paper (614 x 469)

Hand

attributed to Robert Woodgate (clerk 1788-1791)

Notes

The sanctuary addition has a domed ceiling between apsidal ends. A hipped roof covers the centre while lean-to roofs (almost flat) are over the transepts. Three of the working drawings are cancelled in pencil. SM 77/1/35, SM 77/1/36, SM 77/1/37 and SM 77/1/38 show the roof timbers as well as the ribs that support the ceiling.

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Drawing

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