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  • image SM volume 111/28

Reference number

SM volume 111/28

Purpose

Presentation design for the house (grand scheme)

Aspect

2 Plan at raised ground-floor level

Scale

10 feet to 11/20 inches

Inscribed

By William Talman, in pencil, on plans of central and two right-hand rooms on upper (garden) front of plan, 35, 30, 22; and at bottom right, in pencil, with lozenge symbol; and on verso, in pencil, by William Talman, Duke of Newcastle, and below, by John Talman, plan to ye elevation mark'd [small triangle with circles at each apex, with triangle and asterisk below].

Signed and dated

  • c. 1702-03

Medium and dimensions

Pen and brown ink with dark grey wash, over pencil and incised lines, and with pencil additions; on laid paper, 262 x 399

Hand

William Talman

Watermark

Strasbourg bend

Notes

This plan corresponds to the elevation at 3, below, but is drawn to less than half the scale and is for a slightly shorter frontage. The overall length is 247 feet compared with 253 feet for the elevation. The central pavilions in both designs are the same width (51 feet) but the intermediate walls and end pavilions are slightly less in this plan. Sketched amendments on the plan show Talman adding the outlines of a compartmented ceiling on the plan of the long hall to the left of the entrance hall, and two columns in front of the chimney-piece wall at the left end. This chimney-piece wall is sketched on the verso of the related block plan (111/29), at 4, below.

Level

Drawing

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