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[55] Design for a veranda, 14 November 1804
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Reference number
SM vol. 67/12
Purpose
[55] Design for a veranda, 14 November 1804
Aspect
Plan, The Elevation, Section, Section to a larger scale and Plan of Column with pencil plan and perspective of stables
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Samuel Thornton Esqr, labelled: (plan) Iron Barr under the Stone Landing as marked B in Section, A (twice), (elevation) Stone, Wood (twice), (section to a larger scale) Ground, Paving, Stone, Iron Plate, Wood (5 times), Iron upright, Gutter, B, Stone Landing, Iron Railing, (plan of column) Iron, C, Wood, AA Pipe in the Plaster to take off the Rain Water, B Horizontal Barr under Stone Landing framed / onto Iron uprights in Center of Columns / marked C, (pencil) May 21 1805 / 4 Stall Stable / with place at end for / a Carriage & at / the other end to answer / double purpose of Hay / & straw & Harness & / ------ of water, Chy, Hay, leave flues between each floor, *water laid / on, Door into Hay place / the height of the Centre
Signed and dated
- 14 November 1804
Lincolns Inn Fields Novr 14 1804
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light red, yellow and blue washes, pricked for transfer on laid paper, bound into volume (522 x 673)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
A print of 1831 (drawn by J. F. Neale, engraved by T. Barber) shows a veranda to the east front of the house. This, presumably, replaced Soane's veranda, shown here as a balcony supported by six columns and with a balustrade with a diamond-shaped pattern.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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