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[4] Working drawing for ground floor of farmhouse
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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
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