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Reference number

SM 39/1/49

Purpose

[3] Survey plans of basement and ground floors

Aspect

Plans of the Countess of Pembroke's House in Grosvenor Square

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, ground floor plan labelled: Eating Room, Hall, Lobby, Library, Terrace, Stables, Cistern, Coach House and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1798
    1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash on thin wove paper with one fold mark (565 x 335)

Hand

George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800

Notes

The dimensions show that the site was 28':8" wide and (from the scale) 180
feet from front to back which allowed for a garden measuring 57':8" long as well as a garden house, stables with six stalls and a coach house.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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