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[1] Working drawing for plan of farmhouse with outbuildings
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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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