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[7] Copy of a design for the front elevation, July 8 1801
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Reference number
SM 4/4/14
Purpose
[7] Copy of a design for the front elevation, July 8 1801
Aspect
Elevation of the Entrance Front
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Mr Robins, labelled: Basement Floor, Present level of Ground, Ground at Entrance, Top of Floor and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 8 July 1801
Copy Lincolns Inn Fields / July 8 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on wove paper (556 x 673)
Hand
Thomas Sword
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.
Watermark
WL 1794
Notes
Drawings [7]-[9] match the plan drawings [4]-[6].
The entrance front is characterised by a much-simplified triumphal arch that is superimposed onto the façade. The only two openings in the elevation are the entrance, which has a pedimented, Doric portico at the top of three steps, and the segmental-headed window above. Both of these features are set within a large, recessed arch. The projecting walls, which incorporate the chimney stacks, are very simply decorated with two arched and two circular recesses, and are linked by a balustrade above the chamber floor. On top of the hipped roof is a broad lantern. Today, the entrance front is recognisable but has been much altered.
For the significance of the triumphal arch motif and the inspiration for its use at Norwood Hall, see P. Guillery, 'Norwood Hall and Micklefield Hall. Works by Sir John Soane', Architectural History, 30, 1987, pp. 181-200.
The entrance front is characterised by a much-simplified triumphal arch that is superimposed onto the façade. The only two openings in the elevation are the entrance, which has a pedimented, Doric portico at the top of three steps, and the segmental-headed window above. Both of these features are set within a large, recessed arch. The projecting walls, which incorporate the chimney stacks, are very simply decorated with two arched and two circular recesses, and are linked by a balustrade above the chamber floor. On top of the hipped roof is a broad lantern. Today, the entrance front is recognisable but has been much altered.
For the significance of the triumphal arch motif and the inspiration for its use at Norwood Hall, see P. Guillery, 'Norwood Hall and Micklefield Hall. Works by Sir John Soane', Architectural History, 30, 1987, pp. 181-200.
Level
Drawing
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