House of Lords Cellars

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• Title: Main Papers: John Soane's Plan for Warming and Ventilating the House of Lords
• Date: 30 June 1794
• Catalogue number: Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/JO/10/7/980A
• Description:

  The plan was prepared in 1794 by the famous architect Sir John Soane as part of a scheme to provide better ventilation for the House of Lords. This cross section of his proposed heating system shows the cellar of the House of Lords which Fawkes had tried to blow up in 1605.