[54] Design - plans

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  - Betchworth Castle (Surrey): alterations and additions to the house, designs for lodge, dairy, ice house, greenhouse and stables, 1798-1800 (68 )
    - Design for a house with brewery for Mr Dudeny, December 1800

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Reference number

SM 62/8/33

Purpose

[54] Design - plans

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor including Brewery and Plan of the Chambers

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Henry Peters Esq^rand dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, red and yellow washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (538 x 338)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

The ground floor has four rooms with a passagway from the front door and another from a side door near to the brewery. The back room closest to the brewery has a connecting doorand is probably an office. Upstairs are four bedrooms and a smaller (dressing ?) room. The stair has a narrow well and winders on the right-hand side of the landings.

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Drawing

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