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Reference number

SM 64/6/4

Purpose

[4] Working drawing for ground floor of farmhouse

Aspect

The Plan of the Ground Floor with flyer

Scale

1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Colonel Graham, No 3, A B, C D, labelled: Bed Chamber, Closet, Parlor, Porch, Kitchen, oven, Back Kitchen, Dairy and detailed dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 23/04/1798
    Lincolns Inn Field April 23 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, burnt umber and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (550 x 666)

Hand

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

Notes

The farmhouse has a reversed L-shaped plan. The largest room is the kitchen with its big oven and there is also a 'Back Kitchen' next to the dairy. At the polite end of the house are a bed chamber with a fireplace and two closets and a parlour with a fireplace and closet. A dog-legged stair gives access to the first floor. A flyer gives a choice between a space (3 feet 6 inches) or infill wall on the west side of the kitchen in front of the stair which would otherwise be reached via the parlour.

Level

Drawing

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

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