[1] Preliminary design, first scheme, Ground Floor plan, September 1792

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Sulby Lodge, Northamptonshire: (executed) designs for a new house for René Payne, 1792-5, for a bridge, 1797 and (unexecuted) designs for additions for George Payne, 1824 (76)
    - Variant preliminary designs, September 1792 (6)

Soane office, Sulby Lodge, ground floor, 1792. SM 7/2/44. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama

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Reference number

SM 7/2/44

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design, first scheme, Ground Floor plan, September 1792

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor of Sulby Lodge / with the proposed Alterations with flier

Scale

(no bar scale) 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Rene Payne Esq^r rooms labelled: Portico, Hall, Dressing Room, Drawing Room, Eating Room, Staircase, Servants Hall, Kitchen, (beneath flier) Pantry, Entrance and Scullery and dimensions given (some altered in pencil) verso: Rene Payne Esq^r/ Plan of Ground floor / of Sulby Lodge with / the proposed Alterations

Signed and dated

September 1792
Great Scotland Yard September 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black and sepia washes with double ruled and wash border on laid paper, with three fold marks (293 x 470)

Hand

Possibly Frederick Meyer (1775), draughtsman
Soane office hand (? Frederick Meyer, 1775-?, pupil 1791-1796)

Watermark

J Whatman

Level

Drawing

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