[7] Preliminary design, 10 December 1792

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  - London: St James's Palace: surveys, designs and design for the new Guard Room, 1792-93 (18)

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Reference number

SM 37/2/2

Purpose

[7] Preliminary design, 10 December 1792

Aspect

Plan of kitchen buildings including the 'pastry' with courts (tinted blue) and proposed addition (tinted pink) and single storey, three-bay elevation

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

St James's Palace and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

10 December 1792
Gt Scotland Yard Dec^r10 [1792]

Medium and dimensions

Pen, warm sepia, sepia, blue, green and pink washes with single ruled border, dabs of red sealing wax on three corners, on laid paper with single ruled border (458 x 346)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and below, GR

Notes

New work is shown in pink/light red washes and consists of a rectangular addition 41 feet by 14 feet and with a fireplace added to a small existing room. The elevation is for a plain, three-bay, single-storey building with a parapet and three round-arched windows, the lower three-quarters made blind for protection. (JL)

Level

Drawing

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