[4] Presentation drawing

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  - Steephill, Isle of Wight: (not executed) alterations for Wilbraham Tollemache later 6th Earl of Dysart, 1790 (4)

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Reference number

SM 50/1/18 verso

Purpose

[4] Presentation drawing

Aspect

Attic floor plan; rough detail of mouldings and elevation of a coved ceiling (corresponding to the the Council Chamber design on verso); (verso) Plan of the Council Chamber

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

(upper case) Plans of the Alteration[s] (sheet trimmed), Attic floor, The Hon^ble Wilbrah[am Tollemache] (sheet trimmed), Cistern, Bed chamber (five times), Passage, closet (twice), dimensions given in pencil

Medium and dimensions

Pen and grey and pink washes, pencil, within double-ruled black wash border on laid paper (291 x 450)

Hand

attributed to Thomas Chawner (1774-1851, pupil 1788-1794)

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

This drawing is on a sheet that has been cut in half and re-used for a plan of the Council Chamber for the Board of Trade and Privy Council Office at Whitehall, dated 4 March 1825. The rough details and elevation in pencil are designs for the Council Chamber, showing a coved ceiling (or segmental arch) springing from a pier.

The attic floor plan corresponds with SM 29/5E/3, SM 29/5E/1 and SM 29/5E/2. The entire floor is shown in pink wash, indicating that it is a design for a new storey. It has five bedrooms, four of which have chimney-pieces. The bowed projection on the rear elevation in the ground floor is carried up through the attic storey, as shown in the elevation on SM 29/5E/2. The staircase is over the entrance hall. A cistern is included against its back wall.

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Drawing

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