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[6] Survey plan of first floor and plan of alterations
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Reference number
SM 39/1/51
Purpose
[6] Survey plan of first floor and plan of alterations
Aspect
Plan of the One Pair Floor and Plan of the One Pair Floor / with the proposed Alterations
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Countess of Pembroke, Grosvenor Square, plan labelled: Window 6 In / from the floor, Square Pane, Splayed, June 1: 1798 /The Moldings of the Dado & round the windows / of the Drawg. room next the Square to be new / The 9" reveal of the 2d room to be splayed 4" / & to leave a 4" reveal all the reveals to be / plaistered. / The folding doors to be made 18" higher from / the present height
Signed and dated
- 26/04/1798
(Copy) Lincolns Inn Fields Apr. 26 1798 and (note at top of sheet) June 1: 1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light red and red washes on thin wove paper with two fold marks (664 x 559)
Hand
The office Day Book has George Mansfield (surveyor from 1 May 1797 to December 1800) as 'at Drawings' for the Countess of Pembroke (for half a day)
Notes
The alterations to the first floor include new back and front windows together with a fireplace and wider and more centred doors for the room with a bay window. These changes were carried out ( see survey drawing [7] made for Robert Knight).
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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