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Reference number

SM 2/7A/6

Purpose

[21] Working drawing for section C-D and (verso) plan of the first floor

Aspect

Section from C to D and (verso) plan of the first floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot and (verso) bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Lancelot Austwick Esqr, Scantlings of Timbers / Principal Rafters 7" by 5"at bottom 6 [cut] / Small Do 4" by 2" / Tie Beams 9" by 5" / Queen Posts 6" by 5" in the [cut] / and 10" by 5" at the [cut] / Purlines (sic) 5" by 3½ / Ceiling Joists 3" by 2" / Top Wall Plate 7½" by 6" / Wall Plates under the (?) Tooth 5½" by [cut] / Girders 12" wide 4¾" [cut] / Ground Joists 6" by 3" / Sleepers 6 by 3" and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 03/05/1796
    (Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields May 3 1796 (verso) Copy Lincolns Inn Fields / April 30th 1796
  • 30/4/1796
  • 03/05/1796
    (Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields May 3 1796 (verso) Copy Lincolns Inn Fields / April 30th 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, burnt umber and yellow washes on thin wove paper (564 x 334) (verso) pen, burnt umber, sepia and yellow washes

Hand

(recto) Soane office hand (verso) Henry Joseph Good (1775 - 1857), pupil January 1795 - January 1799, Information from the office Day
Book entry for 30 April 1796.

Notes

The floor to ceiling height of the top storey is marked as seven feet and on drawing [20] it 6 feet 9 inches.

Level

Drawing

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