[6] Plan of ground floor 'B'

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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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  - Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)
    - Designs made March 1796 (12)

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Reference number

SM 2/7A/13

Purpose

[6] Plan of ground floor 'B'

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor

Scale

1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Lancelot Austwick Esq^r, .B., rooms labelled: Parlor, Office, Table &c, China / Closet, Entrance, Pantry, Kitchen, Washouse / and / Scullery, A, This staircase to be lighted / by a Skylight and dimensions given, (pencil) X Carry this to make a Store Closet as in [illegible] / X Partition wall instead of thick wall / X Thick wall will receive the Chamber Chimney by turning it over the Entrance

Signed and dated

26/03/1796
Lincolns Onn Fields March 26 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes, added pencil, pricked for transfer, with triple ruled and sepia wash border on laid paper (540 x 423)

Hand

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Watermark

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

Notes

The entrance has been moved towards the back of the right-hand side and that wall is to be a partition wall rather than a 'thick' wall. The projection with kitchen and washroom is now on the right-hand side of the house.

Level

Drawing

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