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Working and record drawings for finishings to the kitchen and alterations to the barn, one dated 6 July 1790 (3)

An entry in Soane's journal (Journal No 1) records that in February 1790 he made drawings for altering the barn, and designs for the kitchen are also mentioned (p.115). Designs for both the kitchen and barn are shown in drawings 16 to 18. Soane sent Lady Hood another drawing of the kitchen fittings on 7 July 1790 (Journal No 1).

The kitchen is square in plan. It does not have the same plan as the kitchen shown on a survey drawing in the archives dated October 1802 (6/32/4) nor the existing kitchen plan in drawing 2:19 (SM volume 65/88). The hipped king-post roof as well as the arrangement of doors and windows also suggest that the room is in a different location. The drawings are for altering an existing kitchen, with a note that 'the kitchen is to be ceil'd to the Roof / all the old fixtures of every kind are / to be used again'.

A dresser occupies one wall, its wooden shelves increasing in depth as they rise in height. Opposite the shelves is a hearth measuring 5 feet 6 inches high and flanked by semicircular recesses with beaded moulding (a recognizably Soane motif).

The drawing on the right-hand side of the sheet shows an existing barn with alterations in pink wash. Alterations include the addition of two chimneys, a small room added on one side, and a partition down the centre. The doors and windows also have slight alterations, blocking up the entrance on one side and including blind windows on a plain wall.
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