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[18] Working drawing, plan of Basement Storey, February 1793
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Reference number
SM 7/2/53
Purpose
[18] Working drawing, plan of Basement Storey, February 1793
Aspect
Plan of the Basement Story (7 ft 6 in high / 7' 6" high) with details
Scale
bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above and Rene / René Payne Esqr
rooms labelled: Cyder Cellar, Beer Cellar, Wine Cellar, Larder, Passage, Store Room / or / Housekeepers Room, Kitchen, Servants Hall, Scullery, stairs numbered and dimensions given; Section across the Wine Cellar / from A to B, detail for inverted arch labelled K with note (by Soane ?): Inverted Arches under all / the Apertures either either Semi circles / or Segments as the circumstances / will allow, to be turned immediately / from the upper courses of the footing / as shewn in this Sketch & through / the whole thickness of the several / Walls, C These walls to be raised above / the tops of the arches and the / Joists of the Ground floor to / lay upon them, Joists - 6" by 3" // (Walter Payne's hand ?) -with pointing finger - The Brick Arches over Wine Cellar / not to be turned over untill the / Roof is covered / but the Springing Walls must / be built as shewn in the / Section, (Soane) Putford - Mason / Co--er [Conner?] - Stone, lime, Ironwork / Shenton - Bricklayer, (Soane) under this / window leave / a cicrular / aperture / 1 foot Diam[eter] / for a drain
rooms labelled: Cyder Cellar, Beer Cellar, Wine Cellar, Larder, Passage, Store Room / or / Housekeepers Room, Kitchen, Servants Hall, Scullery, stairs numbered and dimensions given; Section across the Wine Cellar / from A to B, detail for inverted arch labelled K with note (by Soane ?): Inverted Arches under all / the Apertures either either Semi circles / or Segments as the circumstances / will allow, to be turned immediately / from the upper courses of the footing / as shewn in this Sketch & through / the whole thickness of the several / Walls, C These walls to be raised above / the tops of the arches and the / Joists of the Ground floor to / lay upon them, Joists - 6" by 3" // (Walter Payne's hand ?) -with pointing finger - The Brick Arches over Wine Cellar / not to be turned over untill the / Roof is covered / but the Springing Walls must / be built as shewn in the / Section, (Soane) Putford - Mason / Co--er [Conner?] - Stone, lime, Ironwork / Shenton - Bricklayer, (Soane) under this / window leave / a cicrular / aperture / 1 foot Diam[eter] / for a drain
Signed and dated
- February 1793
IS Gt Scotland Yard Feby 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia washes, hatching, pricked for transfer, with single ruled border on thin wove paper with three fold marks (320 x 548)
Hand
Soane Office, draughtsman
Soane office
Soane office
Level
Drawing
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