[8] Survey plan of first floor and plan of alterations

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  - London: No. 49 (formerly 44) Grosvenor Square: alterations for the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, 1797-9 (18)
    - Survey and design drawings, 1797-8 (10)

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Reference number

SM 39/1/50

Purpose

[8] 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 (and Note of Agreement), May 11^th: 1798 Shewn to the Countess of Pembroke / & the following Alterations was approved / of / Present, Lord Malmsbury / The outside reveals of the Drawi^g room windows next / the Square to be splayed & the windows to be lowered / one pane. The Door to be four feet wide when finished / & the center of the Door to be the Center of the North Draw^g / room windows. The Ch^y of the Anti room to be removed / to the ~~South~~ East side & the door to be on the N: side of the Ch^y. / The door leading out of the Anti room into the SW draw^g / room to be 4'' wide on one side & 3/'3" on the other / The Cove of the Anti room to be taken away. The Ch^y / in the SW draw^g room to be rem^dto the side next / Charles S^t. A large ? ------ eight wide & ---- low down / as the fram^g will admit of, The SE draw^g room / to have a window 7/' wide and & within a foot of the / floor & to open to the flat. The Chim^yto be rem^d / to the center of the windows & the window in the center of that --- / of the room The back staircase to be Altered that is / the corridor to be made more commodious. / Q^yThe principal Staircase to be new from the Hall / floor to the one pair , but is considered as an / addition to any of the former Estimates delivered / & it is also left unsettled at this present whether / it is to be Wood or Stone / The Princpal Staircase to be new from the / one Pair floor to the two pair floor with / the Alteration of a Metal Sky light.

Signed and dated

Mar. 24^th 1798 and (note) May 11th 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, light red and red washes with triple ruled and black and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (710 x 490)

Hand

The office Day Book for 24 March 1798 has nothing under 'Countess of Pembroke' but the drawing is in the same hand as earlier ones, that is, George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800

Watermark

I Taylor, fleur de lis in crowned cartouche and below, GR 1795

Notes

The specification gives the details of the alterations to windows, doors and fireplaces. Lord Malsbury (1746-1820) , who witnessed the agreement, was a distinguished Whig diplomat.

Level

Drawing

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