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  • image SM 64/6/3

Reference number

SM 64/6/3

Purpose

[1] Working drawing for plan of farmhouse with outbuildings

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Colonel Graham and labelled: Barn, Cow House, Cow Houses, Stable (twice), Closet, Chamber, Parlor, Porch, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, Dairy, Gateway, Cart Sheds, Yard and (verso) Colonel Graham

Signed and dated

  • 31/03/1798
    Lincolns Inn Fields March 31 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, burnt umber and sepia washes on wove paper pricked for transfer, with three fold marks (559 x 658)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848), May 1794 - September 1808 (from Soane office Day Book)

Notes

The house is sited on the south-east corner of the plan. On the south side are the cow houses and stables with a barn on the west side, a wall encloses the north side and the east side above the house has the cart sheds. The farmer and his family with his cows, horses, carts and storage are accommodated within a rectangular yard, walled on four sides and with two entrances.

Level

Drawing

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

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