[10] Rough design for new offices and alterations to the ground floor of the house, 3 January 1802

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Reference number

SM 4/5/23

Purpose

[10] Rough design for new offices and alterations to the ground floor of the house, 3 January 1802

Aspect

Plan of the ground floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Samuel Thornton Esq^re, Sketch of Design for the Alterations and Additions to the House at Albury Park 1802 (sic), labelled (in Soane's hand): Drawing Room, Eating Room, Vestibule, Porch, Best Staircase, Library, Dressing / room, Butler, ----- (illegible), Lob[by], Serv^ts Hall, HKeep, Area, Kitchen, Larder, Scullery, Bakehouse, Office Court, Washouse, Washouse, Coals, (?)Laundry, Bakeho, Wood, Brew

Signed and dated

3 January 1802
Jan 3 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pen, brown pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer within single ruled border on laid paper (480 x 594)

Hand

Soane Office, with inscriptions and alterations by Soane

Watermark

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

Notes

This rough design shows the new outbuildings including a Kitchen, Bake House and Wash House, set around an 'Office Court' and connected to the house by two passages. Alterations to the interior of the house include a Servants' Hall and Butler's room, as well as a new open-newel staircase. Within the main part of the house, Soane has added a domed ceiling to the vesitbule and plans to combine the two easternmost rooms into a single Drawing Room. A portico on a segmental plan has been added to the south front.

Level

Drawing

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