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  • image SM 51/3/7

Reference number

SM 51/3/7

Purpose

Design for new committee rooms and additions to Black Rod's house, May 1826

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/15 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Design for New Committee Rooms / House of Lords, labelled: No 1, (pencil) Door, No 2, 3, No 4, 19'1'', 25'4'', 25'4'' by 13'7'', Mr Courtenay / 13 x 16.0, Scullery, Wine Cellar, Eating Room, 29'0'', 22'0'', Hall, Kitchen, Servants / Hall / 13'6'' by 18'0'', Servants / Room, Parlor, Housekeeper / 13'6'' x 18'0''

Signed and dated

  • May 1826
    Lincolns Inn Fields / May 1826

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, dark pink, black and blue washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (242 x 321)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

James Whatman Turkey Mill 1824

Notes

The number of rooms on the ground floor has increased to five (compared to three in SM 51/3/15) and the geometric staircase has been replaced by an open-newel staircase in the centre of the building. A large, western extension to include an eating room and a room for 'Mr Courtenay' has been added to Black Rod's house. The extension was not executed.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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