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Design for the government offices including a new building on the south side of Downing Street, August 1825
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- Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
Reference number
SM (176) 49/5/35
Purpose
Design for the government offices including a new building on the south side of Downing Street, August 1825
Aspect
176 General site plan with outline of new buildings overlaid; (verso) unfinished plan of one of the commissioners' churches
Scale
bar scale of 2/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
(in Soane's hand) A, Extent of Council Office, Shew'd this plan to Mr Robinson / in Downing Street / Settled to build immediately / as far as A in a continued line as shewn by the red parts and dimensions of Downing Square given
Signed and dated
- (in Soane's hand) Monday 15th Aug 1825
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink and grey washes, (verso) pen, pencil and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (531 x 740)
Hand
Soane office
Watermark
1816
Notes
After showing drawing 176 to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Soane was authorised to build the new offices up to the end of the Privy Council Chamber on the north side of Downing Street. The plan also shows the outline of the frontage of the building he wished to erect on the south side of Downing Street.
The verso of drawing 176 has an unfinished plan of a church, drawn to scale and pricked for transfer.
The verso of drawing 176 has an unfinished plan of a church, drawn to scale and pricked for transfer.
Level
Drawing
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