[2] Desgn for plan in a Classical style, 'A No. 2' (and 'A No. '1)

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Reference number

SM 46/1/1

Purpose

[2] Desgn for plan in a Classical style, 'A No. 2' (and 'A No. '1)

Aspect

Ground floor plan with alternative plan for the front facade including the portico (related to design 'A No.1')

Scale

bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

David Scott Esqr^r, A / N^o.2, Plan A N^o.1, rooms labelled: The Hall, Eating Room, Library, Drawing Room, Breakast Room, Principal / Staircase, Powdering Room, Water / Closet, Dressing Room, (offices) Servants Hall, Housekeeper / and store room, Kitchen, Scullery, Sink, Court, Landry (sic) and Washouse and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

6/1795
Lincolns Inn Fields June 1795

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black and sepia washes with quadruple-ruled and black and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (434 x 562)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

J Whatman and fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below. GR

Notes

The plan is rectangular with the offices stepped back (and not shown in the elevation). The garden front has a segmental bow with a door and steps in its centre. The main front has a portico with two pairs of columns. An alternative part- plan is offered for the front seen in the preceding drawing [1] - design 'A.No.1'

Level

Drawing

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