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[16] Variant design for plan of basement in a Castle style
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Reference number
SM volume 59/30
Purpose
[16] Variant design for plan of basement in a Castle style
Aspect
Plan of basement
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
David Scott Esqr, Plan of the Basement Floor, rooms labelled: Earth, Wine Cellar, Strong Beer / and / Ale Cellar, Passage (three times), Beer Cellar, Butler, Bed Room, Plate Closet, House Maids / Sleeping Room, Kitchen, Servants Hall, Closet for Bed, Store Closet, Housekeepers / Room, lobby, Closet (seven times) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 16/7/1795
Copy Lincolns Inn Fields July 17th 1795
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black and sepia washes on laid paper (308 x 517) tipped into volume 59, page 30
Hand
The office Day Book has an entry for 16 July 1795 : 'David Scott Esqr /About fair drawings Meyer / Jeans / Seward / Good'. These were four of the five pupils then serving their articles with Soane. See general notes for full names and dates.
Watermark
J Whatman fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, GR
Notes
This plan varies from the previous basement plan [15] so that on the left-hand side the servants hall has been reduced in size so as to accommodate a beer closet and a store closet and the store room has now been turned into two more closets. A blind window in [15] has been opened up in [16].
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk