[16] Rough design for new offices, 19 January 1802

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - 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 4/5/33

Purpose

[16] Rough design for new offices, 19 January 1802

Aspect

Ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Samuel Thornton Esq^re, Sketch of Design for Offices, (in Soane's hand) For Albury Park, labelled: (in Soane's hand) Housekeeper, Butler, Passage, Pantry, Work^g / Room, Lobby, Powd / Clos^t, M^r Thorntons / Room, Servants Hall, Kitchen, Scullery, Bakehouse, Wood, Coals, Serv^ts / Clean^g, Scald^g / Room, Dairy, Larder, --- (illegible), -- (illegible), --- (illegible) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

19 January 1802
(in Soane's hand) Jan 19 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (606 x 489)

Hand

Soane Office, and Soane

Watermark

J Larking and fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, GR

Notes

This new design in Soane's hand is similar to drawing [14] with the addition of three rooms on a curved plan in between the Larder and the Dairy. At the bottom left corner of the sheet is a plan envisaging a complete circle emanating from and linking the Larder and the Dairy.

Level

Drawing

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