[6] Alternative design for a hothouse, plan, section, roof, 1 October 1792

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  - Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire: alterations to house and estate buildings for Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, 1790-1794; presentation drawing 1800; surveys 1818 (70)
    - Estate buildings, 1792-1794 (42)
      - Alternative designs for a hothouse, 1792-1793 (3)

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Reference number

SM 8/3/26

Purpose

[6] Alternative design for a hothouse, plan, section, roof, 1 October 1792

Aspect

Plan; section; and diagram of the Pitch of the Roof

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Hot House at Wimpole, Bark Bed, Passage (twice), Flue, Fire, Fire N1, Bark, Fire N^o 1, lettered A to C corresponding with key: A is higher than B by 1'10"½ / C.C. passages and dimensions given; (verso) John Soane Esq^r/ Great Scotland Yard / Whitehall, Oct^r1 1792 / The Earl of Hardwicke / Wimple / Drawing of Hothouse

Signed and dated

1 October 1792
Oct^r1^st1792 / H. Provis

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen and wash, brown pen on laid paper with four fold marks and traces of red sealing wax (401 x 325)

Hand

Henry Provis (1760 - 1830), draughtsman
Henry Provis (clerk of works at Wimpole)

Watermark

Britannia with spear, shield and olive branch within a crowned oval frame and MD

Notes

Drawing 6 shows an alternative design made by the clerk of works at Wimpole and sent to Soane. It shows a single room surrounded by glazing on three sides, with sheds against a hollow back wall. Stoves in this wall (or within it) heat air that is to circulate within flues that surround the room. A passage circulates around the planting bed at varied levels.

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