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[5] Survey plan of the chamber floor of the house
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Reference number
SM 6/3/5
Purpose
[5] Survey plan of the chamber floor of the house
Aspect
Chamber Plan of the old House and (verso) unfinished pencil perspective of a design with a two-storey bow to the re-clad south front and four giant columns to the west side which relates, more or less, to drawings [11]-[13]
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
as above, Earl Poullet, Hinton St George, Skylight / Bath, Landing / 10.7 below / Top Landing, 2 Risers 6 each, 16' 7" in clear / 1' 2" joists, floor &c, Bookcase, Book, 10': 3" high / to top of Cove, 10:0 hight / to top of Cove, Risers up from the / floor 7" each, 4 Risers up / from this floor 6" each and with some floor to ceiling dimensions
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash on thin wove paper with three fold marks (547 x 673)
Hand
Thomas Jeans (c.1775-1866), pupil August 1792-25 August 1797.
The Soane office Day Book for 1796 shows that Thomas Jeans left London on the morning of 5 August 1796 to take plans of Hinton St George. He returned on the evening of 27 August. He then spent much of the time between 29 August and 12 September drawing out plans, elevations and sections. The expenses of his trip came to £4:17:9d for which Earl Poulett was billed on 19 September 1796.
The Soane office Day Book for 1796 shows that Thomas Jeans left London on the morning of 5 August 1796 to take plans of Hinton St George. He returned on the evening of 27 August. He then spent much of the time between 29 August and 12 September drawing out plans, elevations and sections. The expenses of his trip came to £4:17:9d for which Earl Poulett was billed on 19 September 1796.
Notes
For a copy of this drawing see [10] verso.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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