[14] Copy of a design for new offices, with amendments by Soane, 16 January 1802

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  - Albury Park, Guildford, Surrey: alterations and additions for Samuel Thornton, 1800-10 (61)
    - Designs (plans) for new offices and alterations to the house, December 1801-January 1802 (15)

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Reference number

SM 4/5/32

Purpose

[14] Copy of a design for new offices, with amendments by Soane, 16 January 1802

Aspect

Plan of the Propos'd Offices with Section through the Centre of the Offices and a second plan in Soane's hand drawn over the first; (verso) two elevations of the lantern over the offices

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Samuel Thornton Esq^r / Albury Park, labelled: M^r Thorntons / Room, Water Closet, Butlers / Wash^g Room, Butlers Pantry, Store / Room (twice), House Keepers / Room, Entrance, Court, Passage, Court, Entrance, Servants / Hall, Servants / Dressing Room, Scalding / Room,Dairy, Bake House, Kitchen, Scullery, Larder, Ground line and dimensions given

Signed and dated

16 January 1802
(Copy) / Lincolns Inn Fields / Jan^y 16^th 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper (474 x 287)

Hand

Soane Office, with amendments by Soane

Watermark

J Larking

Notes

The design for the outbuildings in this drawing is similar to drawing [13] but the Larder and Dairy have moved to the corners of the square block. Drawn on top of the original plan by Soane is a rough new design with canted corners. The Larder and Dairy in this design are rectangular and are attached to the north-west and south-west corners of the central block. The section at the top of the sheet shows a tower rising from the centre of the outbuildings above the staircase. Two rough designs for this tower in Soane's hand are found on the verso.

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