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GC/DOM/PD/03/01
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- 1792 (Creation)
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2 plans
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(1753-1837) Knight, architect.
In 1792, John Soane was commissioned to make alterations to the Hall, which at that point was still in its medieval location on the west side of Gonville Court. A plaster ceiling was introduced, concealing the original open roof, north and east windows were added, and a chimney erected.
(For further biographical information regarding Soane, see the Dictionary of National Biography. For further information regarding his architectural work at Caius, see articles held by the Archive by David Watkin from Country Life and The Caian)
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These plans show the work undertaken by Soane but are not signed by him.
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The Archive's photographic collection contains three photographs of plans of Hall, obtained from the Sir John Soane Museum, London. See also:
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correspondence, Sir John Soane's Museum
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1798-1802: letters to the Earl of Abercorn, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
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1786-88: letters to Lord Camelford, British Library, Manuscript Collections
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catalogue of the monuments built by him, compiled by Dorothy Stroud, Victoria & Albert Museum, National Art Library.