Explore Collections Explore The Collections
You are here: CollectionsOnline  /  [1] Design for alterations and additions to the ground floor, 1798

Browse

  • image SM 5/1/17

Reference number

SM 5/1/17

Purpose

[1] Design for alterations and additions to the ground floor, 1798

Aspect

Part 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: Library, Entrance Hall, Passage to Offices, Water Closet, Eating Room, Drawing Room

Signed and dated

  • 1798
    1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (342 x 552)

Hand

Soane Office

Notes

Only part of the existing house is shown in this drawing, as well as a design for additions to include a Drawing Room, Eating Room and Water Closet. There are four points of access between the old and new parts of the house. The entrance to the Eating Room is wider on the side of the Entrance Hall.

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