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Working drawings for house and offices, March 1803 (10)
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Reference number
SM (22) 2/6/16 (23) 2/6/22 (24) 2/6/17 (25) 2/6/18 (26) 2/6/21 (27) 2/6/20 (28) 2/6/9 (29) 2/6/12 (30) 2/6/10 (31) 2/6/11
Purpose
Working drawings for house and offices, March 1803 (10)
Aspect
22 Plan of the Basement with propos'd alterations
23 Plan of the Ground Floor with proposed alterations
24 Plan of the Chamber Floor with proposed alterations
25 Plan of the Attic floor with proposed Alterationa
26 Plan of Ground Floor of Offices
27 Plan of the Chamber Story of Office
28 Front Elevation of house with offices and part of brewery store
29 Back Elevation of house with offices
30 Section of the House and Offices / the height of the Storeys the same / as the part already built
31 Elevation and section of the End of House nest Offices and Elevation of the End of Offices
Scale
(22-27) bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot (28-29) bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot (30-31) no bar scale, ¼ inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
22 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, The Center and width of / this reces is given by / the one over the present Bow Window, leave a Doorway / which may be / bricked up in / the finishing, Centre of Chimy / in Eating Room and dimensions given
23 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, The center of this Door is / the Center of the pasage in / the offices, Center of Windows, Strong Closet and dimensions given
24 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, equal (twice), Centre of Window, Centre, Closet (twice) and dimensions given
25 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr and dimensions given
26 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, Kitchen, The Floor / to be carried / over to X , the Wall, equal (twice) and dimensions given
27 as above, W.B.Simmond Esqr, Laundry, Servants Bed Room and dimensions given
28 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, B, The Top of these window (sic) / cills to range with / the Top of the Molding B, The Eaves of this Roof range with the top of window cill and some dimensions given
29 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, 1 Course Bick / Tile Head, To range / with spring / of arches, Floor of Offices, Floor and dimensions given
30 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, in the inside / these windows ---- (illegible) up Square / to the Plate and some dimensions given
31 as above, W.B.Simmonds Esqr, Springg of this arch with Top of window Cill and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- (22) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7th 1803 (23) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7th 1803 (24) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10th 1803 (25) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10th 1803 (26) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10th 1803 (27) (Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 1803 (28) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7th 1803 (29) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 7th 1803 (30) not dated (31) Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields / March 10th / 1803
Medium and dimensions
(22) Pen, sepia and brown madder washes (23-4) pen, sepia, pink and yellow washes (25) pen, sepia, brown madder and yellow washes (26-27) pen, sepia, pink and yellow washes (28-29) pen and sepia washes, shaded (30-31) pen, sepia and brown madder washes - all pricked for transfer and on thin laid paper (555 x 675 average)
Hand
Soane office
Notes
Some minor changes from drawings 15-21 include the re-arrangement of the safe and closet behind the counting house and another change of mind about the size of the dressing room.
Level
Drawing
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