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[9] Cross section with flues
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Reference number
SM 39/1/47
Purpose
[9] Cross section with flues
Aspect
Cross section showing chimney flues at first and second floors and (pencil) section through basement, ground floor and first floor showing reinforcement to the first floor landing
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Shewn to The Countess of Pembroke / & approved of according / to the Section in Ink, The Countess of Pembroke and (feint pencil) the end of a / bar of Iron fastened / to the landing of / the Stair, Old / Wall (3 times)
Signed and dated
- 02/05/1798
May 2d: 1798
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and light red wash, added pencil on wove paper with two fold marks (665 x 545)
Hand
The office Day Book has George Mansfield (surveyor from 1 May 1797 to December 1800) as 'Attending Workmen' for the Countess of Pembroke (for Quarter of a day)
Notes
Additional fireplaces required new flues and the house, though at seventy years not particularly old, needed some reinforcement.
Level
Drawing
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