[5] Plan of alterations to ground floor

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  - London: No. 49 (formerly 44) Grosvenor Square: alterations for the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, 1797-9 (18)
    - Survey and design drawings, 1797-8 (10)

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Reference number

SM 39/1/53

Purpose

[5] Plan of alterations to ground floor

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor / with the proposed Alterations

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Countess of Pembroke, Grosvenor Square, Step, Covered with / deal and (pencil) dimensions given

Signed and dated

26/04/1798
(Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields April 26: 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen with light red and red washes on thin wove paper with five fold marks (672 x 546)

Hand

The office Day Book has George Mansfield (surveyor from 1 May 1797 to December 1800) as 'at Drawings' for the Countess of Pembroke (for half a day)

Notes

The stable and coachouse are not shown on the drawing. The garden wall on the Charles Street side is to be rebuilt and, in the house, the lobby is to be remodellled with apsidal ends

Level

Drawing

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