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12 Elevation of the new back to the house of five bays and three storeys, and of the new domestic offices
13 Plan of the Ground Floor with Proposed Alterations as drawing 11 with some amendments
14 Plan of the Chamber Floor with Proposed Alterations
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12 (Soane) W B Simmonds Esq, window heights marked: 3:9, 3:4½ and 3:0 and four windows marked R
13 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, rooms labelled as drawing 12, noted by Soane: as long as it will / hold after after the / alteration, 11.6 or 12 feet high only, Shoe / House / door, If the Stair Case / could go up No 1 / instead of No 2 / it would save a great deal of Expense, agreed (twice)
14 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, labelled (offices): Closet (twice), Upper / Part of / Larder, Closett, Laundry, Upper Part / of Kitchen, Chamber; noted by Soane:Chamber over / Kitchen if possible / 7 feet 2 high, the length ---- ground floor, length to be rul'd by the ground plan; (house) labelled Chamber (four times), Dressing Room (twice), Dressing Room / or Occasional Chamber, open (of top lighting); noted by Soane: * a Chimney / in some part of this / Room ** door of present, ** this is walled present, ** this is the door it will not / be alter'd having / a bed to fit the room some dimensions given and added
Signed and dated
- (11) Jany 19: 1803 (12) (Soane) Jany 19 1803 (13) Lincolns Inn Field (no date) (14) Lincolns Inn Fields Feby 1st 1803
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Drawing 13 has 'agreed' written by Soane against two of the rooms so perhaps that drawing was used in a discussion with Mr Simonds.
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