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[2] Design for alterations and additions to the ground floor, 1798
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Reference number
SM 5/1/16
Purpose
[2] Design for alterations and additions to the ground floor, 1798
Aspect
Plan of the ground floor
Scale
bar scale of 3/16 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr Biscoe, Sketch of a Design for the proposed Alterations and Additions, labelled: Entrance Hall, Staircase, Passage to Offices, Drawing Room, Ante / Room, Eating Room
Signed and dated
- 1798
1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (340 x 553)
Hand
Soane Office
Notes
In this design the new additions are shallower but wider than in the previous design (drawing [1]). Between the Drawing Room and the Eating Room is an Ante Room with an apsidal end with niches. It is on enfilade with the Entrance Hall and separated from that space by a lobby with a groin vault. At the entrance to the lobby are two sets of paired columns. Soane has opted for large windows in the new rooms - these appear to be set between pilasters on the exterior.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk