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Reference number
SM 4/4/21
Purpose
[1] Design for the basement floor, July 1801
Aspect
Plan of the basement floor
Scale
bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Mr Robins, Design for the Basement Story, labelled: Man Servant's / Room, Wine Cellar, Beer Cellar, Dairy, Larder, Kitchen, (pencil) Earth
Signed and dated
- July 1801
July 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pencil, pen, light red and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (558 x 674)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward or Thomas Sword
Watermark
WL 1794
Notes
Drawings [1]-[3] are dated 'July 1801', but this was added later. These drawings show an early design for the house, with pencil alterations by Soane suggesting changes to the design that were later approved and executed.
The largest room on the basement floor is the kitchen, which has a large chimneypiece for cooking. Also on the basement floor is the Man Servant's Room, a Larder, Beer and Wine Cellars and, unusually perhaps, a Dairy.
The largest room on the basement floor is the kitchen, which has a large chimneypiece for cooking. Also on the basement floor is the Man Servant's Room, a Larder, Beer and Wine Cellars and, unusually perhaps, a Dairy.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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