[14] As built plan of ground floor

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Sir John Soane office drawings: the drawings of Sir John Soane and the office of Sir John Soane
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  - London: 21 St James's Square: unexecuted design by Soane, June 1794; as built design by R.F.Brettingham, July 1795, earlier design by Brettingham and Soane's designs for fittings1795, 1797 for the 5th Duke of Leeds, 1794-7
    - As built drawings of the house designed by Brettingham, July 1794 [13] - [20]

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Reference number

SM volume 66/42 and verso

Purpose

[14] As built plan of ground floor

Aspect

Hall Story as Built (verso) plans of opening for door that seems to relate to the doorway between the Library and the Drawing Room on the ground floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot (verso) 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Duke of Leeds, rooms labelled: The Hall, Dressing Room, The Library, The Great / Staircase, The Drawing Room, The Eating Room and dimensions given (verso) The Duke of Leeds and dimensions given

Signed and dated

(verso) (Copy) March 16^th 1795

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash with quadruple ruled and black wash border on wove paper (700 x 494) on page 42 of volume 66 (verso) pen and sepia wash

Hand

attributed to Frederick Meyer (1774 - ?), pupil April 1791-1796

Notes

The ground floor has the same rooms ( hall, eating room, library, drawing room and dressing room) found in Soane's design ([2]) though Brettingham's bow is to the left and Soane's to the right. The built staircase is a half-turn with landings while Soane's was on a more striking geometrical imperial plan.

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