[5] Design for plan in a Classical style, 'B No.1'

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
- Country houses, etc.
  - Dunninald House, Craig, Angus: unexecuted designs for David Scott, 1795 (43)
    - Alternative designs in a Classical style

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Reference number

SM 46/1/2

Purpose

[5] Design for plan in a Classical style, 'B No.1'

Aspect

Ground floor plan with alternative plan for the hall and portico

Scale

bar scale of 1/12 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

David Scott Esq^r, B. No1, B. No 2, rooms labelled: Hall, Dressing / Room, Water /Closet, Library, Drawing Room, Breakfast Room Eating Room, Passage, Common Staircase, Closet, Water / Closet, Housekeeper's Room, Store / Room, Powdering Closet, Servants Hall, Kitchen, Bakehouse, Larder, Scullery, Pantry and dimensions given

Signed and dated

6/1795
John Soane Archt / Lincolns Inn Fields June 1795

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black and sepia washes with quadruple-ruled and black wash border on laid paper with one crease (436 x 562)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

J Whatman and fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W

Notes

The left-hand offices with scullery, larder and bakehouse are not washed in and were perhaps optional. A variant plan for the hall and portico (B.No.2) has the latter supported by square pillars.

Level

Drawing

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