[37] Copy of an alternative design for alterations and additions to the chamber floor, 11 February 1802

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - Albury Park, Guildford, Surrey: alterations and additions for Samuel Thornton, 1800-10 (61)
    - Further designs for new offices and alterations to the house, February 1802 (10)

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SM 4/5/12

Purpose

[37] Copy of an alternative design for alterations and additions to the chamber floor, 11 February 1802

Aspect

Sketch of the Chamber Story of the Alterations and / Improvements at Albury Park on the Smaller Scheme

Inscribed

as above, labelled: New Bed Room over / the New Hall / 24ft by 18, New Bed room or / Dressing room over / the present Staircase, Gallery or Passage taken out of the / North Rooms, New Bed Room or / Dressing Room over / the present Staircase, The Steps of the principal / Stairs remov'd to this / Place, New Bed room over the / new Breakfast room / 24 by 18, New back / Stairs, New Closet / over Scullery

Signed and dated

11 February 1802
Copy / Lincolns Inn Fields, Feb^y 11^th 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pen and black wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (242 x 298)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

J Larking

Notes

New additions to the chamber floor include four bedrooms on the south side of the house. Two of these are built over new rooms, whereas the two central bedrooms replace the earlier staircase, which is removed to the west side of the house.

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Drawing

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