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  - Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

Designs made March 1796 (12)

The three schemes 'A', 'B' and 'C' must have been the basis of a discussion between Austwick and Soane.

The site seems to be a tight one with, it is assumed, existing buildings on either sidethat are separated by two lanes that, in the plans, are partly or wholly absorbed into the house itself.

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Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[1] Rough plan of ground floor

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[2] Plan of ground floor 'A'

John Soane Arch^t March 11^th 1796
John Soane Arch^t March 11^th 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[3] Plan of first floor 'A'

John Soane Arch^t March 11 1796
John Soane Arch^t March 11 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[4] Copy of plan of ground floor 'A' (drawinng [2])

Copy Lincolns Inn Fields March 11 / 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[5] Copy of plan of first floor 'A' (drawing [3]) with flier

(copy) Lincolns Inn Fields March 11^th / 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[6] Plan of ground floor 'B'

Lincolns Onn Fields March 26 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[7] Plan of first floor 'B'

Lincolns Inn Fields March 26 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[8] Copy of plan of ground floor 'B' and (verso) of first floor

Robert Smirke (verso) Robert Smirke see note under Hand

The 'signature' suggests that the drawing was made by Robert Smirke (1780 - 1867), pupil May 1796 - January 1797. However, Smirke did not enter the office until May 1796 and this drawing is datable to March 1796. Moreover, he was only 16 years old and the drawing is by a mature and confident hand. Then again, pupils and asistants were not permitted to sign drawings. There are other drawings 'signed' Robert Smirke and it is thought that these are by a later ? curatorial hand seeking to identify those drawings thought to be made by Smirke - the most successful of Soane's former pupils.
The office Day Book covering March 1796 is missing. Entries for April and May 1796 name Good, Seward, Provis and Laing as making drawings for Mr Austwick; Robert Smirke is not named.

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[9] Front elevation

11th March 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)

[10] Plan of ground floor 'C' with rough alternative plan by Soane

Lincolns Inn Fields March 26 1796

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

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