[8] Design for plan in a Classical style, 'C'

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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 46/1/3

Purpose

[8] Design for plan in a Classical style, 'C'

Aspect

Ground floor plan

Scale

bar scale of 1/9 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

David Scott Esq^r, C, rooms labelled: Hall, Principal / Staircase, Eating Room, Library, Drawing Room, Breakfast Room, Dressing Room, Powdering / Room, Water / Closet, Strong / Closet, Common Staircase, Passage (twice), Housekeeper's Room, Kitchen, Servants Hall, Scullery, Powdering / Room, Court, Landry (sic), Washouse and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

7/1795
John Soane Archt / Lincolns Inn Fields July 1795

Medium and dimensions

Pen, black, sepia and blue washes with quadruple ruled and black wash border, pricked for transfer on laid paperwith one fold mark (435 x 567)

Hand

Soane Office

Watermark

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

Notes

A segmental bowed drawing room faces the garden with a porch and twin stairs, a four column portico stands at the front. Generally, the plan is a variant of plan 'A No.2'.

Level

Drawing

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