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[2] Design for alterations to the principal floor, 21 July 1801
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Reference number
SM 4/4/12
Purpose
[2] Design for alterations to the principal floor, 21 July 1801
Aspect
Plan of the Principal Floor / with the Proposed Alterations
Scale
bar scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Right Honorable / George Canning, South Hill Park, labelled: Brew House, Bake / House, Coals, Dairy, Kitchen / 24.0 by 19.0, Larder (twice), Gate, Store Closet, House Keepers / Rooms / 19.0 by 16.0, Butlers / Pantry, Servants Hall, A (twice), Sink, Lobby, AA The left of these Windows will not / be interrupted, Eating Room, Mr Cannings / Room, Mrs Cannings / Room, Drawing Room, Billiard Room, Hall, Library, Entrance, Conservatory, Breakfast Room
Signed and dated
- 21 July 1801
(Copy) Lin Inn Fields July 21 1801 / Sent to Bracknell Coach July 22 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer within four ruled sepia and black wash border on wove paper with one fold mark (548 x 671)
Hand
Thomas Sword
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.
Pupil January 1799 - 1804.
Watermark
WL 1794
Notes
Soane's alterations and additions include new larders and a store closet in the yard and some minor works to the library and hall. The most substantial addition, however, is the new conservatory between the library and the breakfast room.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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