[1] Rough plan of ground floor

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Town houses
  - Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)
    - Designs made March 1796 (12)

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Reference number

SM 2/7A/9

Purpose

[1] Rough plan of ground floor

Aspect

Ground Floor plan (verso) part-plan and sections for unrelated scheme

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Lancelot Austwick Esq^re, labelled: door (twice), Way to / Cellars under, open Area, Kit.ⁿ, Washroom / & / Scullery, Pantry, (?) Clean^gBrew/ House, Servants, 21 Risers @ 7In = 12 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

05/03/1796
March 5 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen and light red wash, added brown pen on laid paper, pricked for transfer ( 525 x 318) (verso) pen, sepia, pink, yellow and blue washes

Hand

Soane

Notes

Soane's plan (apparently made on re-used drawing paper) shows a three-windowed house with an entrance on the left-hand side in a passage way 4 feet 3 inches wide that runs the depth of the house to the extension with kitchen and washroom at the rear. There is also another passageway or rather, lane (4 feet 3 inches wide and not roofed) on the right-hand side that leads to further rooms including one (with water closet) for servants and a brewhouse.

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Drawing

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