Working drawings for alterations to the back front and timbers over the ground floor of the rear buildings (No. 4), April-May 1830 (3)

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Reference number

SM (64) 56/1/20 (65) 56/1/28 (66) 56/1/52

Purpose

Working drawings for alterations to the back front and timbers over the ground floor of the rear buildings (No. 4), April-May 1830 (3)

Aspect

64 Plan shewing the Timbers of Chamber Floor over Kitchen Offices / and the Timber of the Lead Flats over Servants Hall, Porters Room &^c &^c and Elevation of the Back Front
65 Plan shewing the Timbers of Chamber Floor over Kitchen Offices / and the Timbers of the Lead Flats over Servants Hall, Porters Room &^c &^c 66 Elevation of the Back Front

Scale

(64, 66) bar scales of 3/16 inch to 1 foot (65) to a scale of 3/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

64 as above, Bank of England Branch Manchester, N^o 4, labelled (plan): 11 x 3½, 11 by / 3½, Joists 11" by 2½" (twice), Trimmers 12" x 4", Joists 12" x 3" (twice), Wallplate 5 x 3 (twice), 12" x 4", Rafters / 4" x 2½; (elevation): See Specification, Brestsummer see Specification, Brickwork see Specification, Fir Lintels, see Specification, New Rain Water Pipe, Wall to be rebuilt, Old Sash Frame / & Sashes (twice), Gutter to be altered 65 as above, Bank of England Branch Manchester, N^o 4, (Copy), labelled: 11 x 3½ (twice), Joists 11" by 2½" (twice), Trimmers 12" x 4", Joists 12" x 3" (twice), Wallplate 5 x 3 (twice), 12" x 4", Rafters / 4" x 2½, (pencil, Walter L. Spiers, 1848-1917, curator 1904-17) D 10 Sheets 66 as above, N^o 4, (Copy), labelled: See Specification, Brestsummer see Specification, Brickwork see Specification, Fir Lintels, see Specification, New Rain Water Pipe, Wall to be rebuilt, Old Sash Frame / and Sashes (twice), Gutter to be altered

Signed and dated

(64-66) Lincolns Inn Fields / April 1830 (64) and J.S. (John Soane) / 26 May 1830

Medium and dimensions

(64, 65) Pen, sepia, pink, yellow and burnt Sienna washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (525 x 725, 585 x 355) (66) pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (590 x 360)

Hand

(64) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60) (65, 66) David Paton (1801-82, assistant 1829-30)

Watermark

(64) Smith & Allnutt 1827

Notes

Relevant instructions are found on pages 2, 4, 5 and 25 of the Specification (drawing 56).

Level

Drawing

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