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[42] Preliminary design for re-modelling the house, Ground Floor Plan, 1808
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Reference number
SM (42a) 78/19/1A (42b) 78/18/1A
Purpose
[42] Preliminary design for re-modelling the house, Ground Floor Plan, 1808
Aspect
42 a and b Two parts of a ground floor plan drawn freehand by Soane which together show the south and central part of the house, with a bow on the south side and a portico on the north side
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
42 a and b Rooms labelled Servt d---, high Ligh--, Butler, Vestibule, Str[ong] Clos[et], Plate Clos[et] (re-drawn to a half-circle and labelled (pencil) Recess for / Hats &c) and Lib[rary] (versos: (42a) J Playfair / 1788 / M Barclay Esqr / Uwie / 5 Drawings and (42b) J Playfair / Duke of Buccleuch / Langholme Lodge 1786 / 13 Drawings)
Signed and dated
- c. November 1808
Datable to c. November 1808 in accord with drawing 43
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, pencil on laid paper (a: 249 x 202, b: 249 x 304)
Hand
SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane
Soane
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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