Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[11] Alternative design for new offices and alterations to the principal (ground) floor, datable to January 1802
Browse
Reference number
SM 4/5/38
Purpose
[11] Alternative design for new offices and alterations to the principal (ground) floor, datable to January 1802
Aspect
Plan of the Principal Floor of Albury Park with Alterations and Additions
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Samuel Thornton Esqr, labelled: Library, Mr Thorntons / Dressg / room, Water / Closet, Butler, Bed, Lobby, Servants Hall, Powd / Closet, Store / room, Housekeeper, Lobby (twice), Door, Larder, Scullery, Stair / case, Kitchen, Dresser, Washouse, Arcade, Coals / & / Wood, Laundry, Arcade, Bakehouse, Coals / & / Wood, Brewhouse
Signed and dated
- datable to January 1802
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, sepia, light red and blue washes, pricked for transfer within triple ruled sepia wash border on wove paper with one fold mark (557 x 907)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
This design is very close to the design in drawing [10] but the position of the Kitchen is different and the small store closet in the house has been incorporated into the Butler's room. Various other ideas are drawn in feint pencil, including a link between the two wings of the offices.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk