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[3] Design for alterations and additions, Ground floor plan, 1791
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Reference number
SM 3/3/12
Purpose
[3] Design for alterations and additions, Ground floor plan, 1791
Aspect
Plan of the Ground Floor of the house with outline plan of the offices, and wall plan (verso) unfinished full size detail for an entablature with (?) lion mas, and egg and dart cornice in Soane's hand
Scale
bar scales of 1/6 inch to one foot
Inscribed
as above, Godfrey Thornton Esqr, Design for Alterations and Additions to Mogerhanger House
labelled: Eating Room, Mr Thornton's / Dressing Room, Make this / a Sash door / to correspond / with the Windows, Hall, Water / Closet, Drawing Room, Gable (twice), Recess under those above, No 1 This flue is to stand in / mid: of Gable over B and some dimensions and calculations given
Signed and dated
- 1791
1791
Medium and dimensions
Black, brown and (faded) red pen, some feint pencil, black and burnt umber washes, hatching, pricked for transfer on laid paper (630 x 477) (verso) pen and pencil
Hand
Possibly Thomas Chawner (1774 - 1851), draughtsman
? Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794), notes and dimensions (recto and details on verso) in Soane's hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
? Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794), notes and dimensions (recto and details on verso) in Soane's hand
? Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794), notes and dimensions (recto and details on verso) in Soane's hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
? Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794), notes and dimensions (recto and details on verso) in Soane's hand
Watermark
fleur-de-lis, encircled (?) V with flourishes
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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