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[1] Preliminary design for ground floor
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Reference number
SM 2/8/9
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for ground floor
Aspect
Plan of ground floor
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Robert Dennistoun Esqre, labelled (in pencil) Sunk Area (twice), Eating Room, Vestibule, Library & Breakt / Parlour, Drawg Room / inclg the Bow, Store Room, Butlers Room, dimensions given and some feint pencil calculations
Signed and dated
- 00/12/1798
Decr 1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on wove paper, pricked for transfer, with modern repair (433 x 623)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Notes
This plan differs from later ground floor plans so that, for example, the bow to the west, is not repeated elsewhere, the stair is not central as here and there are two large front windows instead of the four of this drawing.
Level
Drawing
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