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Design for completing the new government buildings, March 1829
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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 (278) 49/5/36
Purpose
Design for completing the new government buildings, March 1829
Aspect
278 Plan of the front and elevation of the new government buildings; (verso) outline plan of Downing Square and Downing Street with the new government buildings
Scale
bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
labelled (in Soane's hand): Door, A, B, C, Chimney Shafts / as executed except / the ?middle part A to be / added, Centre between B C corrected and (pencil) some dimensions given; (verso): Downing Square, Council Offices, Whitehall
Signed and dated
- 7 March 1829
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, pink, blue and burnt Sienna washes, (verso) pen, grey and yellow washes on two sheets of wove paper, affixed (543 x 1078)
Hand
Charles James Richardson (1809-71, pupil and assistant 1824-1837)
Notes
Soane's new government offices were completed up to the Treasury Passage (labelled 'C' on drawing 278) but the Home Office was not rebuilt until 1844 when it was included in Charles Barry's alterations. None of the south range was executed.
The verso of drawing 278 is datable to before February 1825 - before the idea of the south range was conceived.
The verso of drawing 278 is datable to before February 1825 - before the idea of the south range was conceived.
Level
Drawing
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