[4] Design for the Bridge, 12 December 1800

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Reference number

SM vol. 59/139

Purpose

[4] Design for the Bridge, 12 December 1800

Aspect

Plan and elevation

Inscribed

as above, Samuel Thornton Esq^r, labelled: River (twice), The Plan, Footpath (twice), 2.6 (twice), The Carriage Way, 9.0, (pencil) Q^y one foot path, The Elevation,, Line of Water, 15.0, 5.6

Signed and dated

12 December 1800
Lincolns Inn Fields Dec^r 12 1800

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, yellow, light red, green and blue-grey washes within single ruled border on wove paper, affixed to volume 59, p. 139 (currently unavailable)

Hand

Thomas Sword
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.

Notes

The River Tillingbourne (also known as the Tilling Bourne) is north of the house. Soane's design for a single-span bridge with curved parapets and minimal detailing closely resembles his bridge at Tyringham, Buckinghamshire, built for William Praed in 1793 (q.v.) - although the bridge at Albury is much smaller.

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Drawing

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