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  • image SM 41/6/2

Reference number

SM 41/6/2

Purpose

[2] Survey drawing of offices in the east wing, May 1795

Aspect

Plans of the One Pair Floor, Two Pair Floor and Garrets

Scale

bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled: (One Pair Floor) Auditors / Office, Pipe Office / Clerk of the Leases / 16.0 by 15.0, Council Room, Dutchy of Cornwall, Drawing Room, Clerk of the / Pipe Office / 16.0 by 15.0, (Two Pair Floor) (pencil) B, Clerk of the / Estreats / 18.0 by 17.6, 7.6 by 17.6, Remembrancers / Chambers / 16.0 by 15.0, Chambers (twice), Dutchy of Cornwall, Remembrancers / Chamber / 16.0 by 15, Comptroler of the / Pipe Office, (pencil) C, Clerks / 18.0 by 17.6, 7.6 by 17.6, Passage, (Garrets) Remembrancers / Chamber / 18.0 by 17.6, 7.6 by 17.6, (pencil) B, Clerk of Estreats / Record Room / 16.0 by 15.0, Dutchy of Cornwall, (pencil) C, Comptroller of the / Pipe / Record Room / 16.0 by 15.0, Pipe / Chamber (twice) / 7.6 by 17.6, Cistern, (pencil) BB CC Are two distinct Offices in themselves / & separate from the rest but at present / held by one Person (Lord Orford), Somerset House, Copy

Signed and dated

  • Lincolns Inn Fields May 21 1795

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen, grey, sepia and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (558 x 339)

Hand

Frederick Meyer (1775-?, pupil 1791-96) or Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848, pupil 1794-1808)

Notes

This drawing and SM 41/6/2 show the layout of the offices of the Exchequer, the Duchy of Cornwall and a third, unidentified proprietor (possibly the Duchy of Lancaster) before Soane's alterations.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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