Working drawings for the basement of the west building, one dated 12 April 1792 (2)

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  - London: Buckingham House, 91 Pall Mall: (executed) house for 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 1790-1793, (executed) alterations to the library, 1794, and (executed) alterations on the ground and first floors, 1813 (52)

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Reference number

SM (17) 33/1/30 (18) 33/1/31

Purpose

Working drawings for the basement of the west building, one dated 12 April 1792 (2)

Aspect

17 Plan of part of the Basement Story of the House in Pallmall; and rough elevation of piers
18 Plan of the Basement Floor

Scale

(17-18) bar scale of 2/7 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

17 as above, The Marquis of Buckingham, dimensions given, (pencil) This to be 36 feet; (verso) Marq^sBuckingham / Pall Mall / Plan of Basement floor
18 as above, The Marquis of Buckingham, NB This flue must be left standing / as it make[s] a pier to match / another at the corner A, A, plan labelled (pencil): Make these / windows / ---- --- / --- --- (illegible), leave an indent as ----, Situation of / this wall is / wrong, Situation of / this / wall is / wrong, Qy, Windows / straight or / place on / this story and dimensions given in pen and pencil; (verso) Marq^sBuckingham / Pall Mall // Plan of Basement floor / Ap^l19^th1792

Signed and dated

(17) 1792 (18) Copy April 12^th1792 and sent (as above) 19 April 1792

Medium and dimensions

(17) Pen and pencil on wove paper with four fold marks (535 x 636) (18) pen and pink and grey washes, pencil, on wove paper with four fold marks (534 x 678)

Hand

(17-18) Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil April 1791-1796) and Soane

Notes

The west building was rebuilt, with a new basement as in drawings 17 and 18. The basement plans include those alterations made to drawing 14, with a segmental-plan alcove at the north end of the Servants' Hall and a timber partition towards the centre. Further alterations to the basement plan are suggested in pencil on drawing 18.

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Drawing

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