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Reference number

SM 62/9/19

Purpose

[1] Design for addition of dressing room and some alterations

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor

Scale

bar scale of 1/3 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park, labelled: Porch, Kitchen, Sink, Stewing / Stove , Pantry, Dressing Room, Press (twice), Library, Dining Room, Housekeepers / Room, Butlers / Pantry, Store Closet, Servants Hall, Dairy, some dimensions given and N S E W

Signed and dated

  • 23/02/1798
    Febry 23d 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light red washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper with three fold marks (505 x 671)

Hand

George Mansfield, surveyor 1 May 1797 - December 1800

Notes

The addition is for a dressing room with water closet on the south side of the house. At the same time, the library is given a pair of columns and a segmental end into an ante-room re-shaped with a curved wall to the dressing room and with a secondary stair added. The dining/eating room is given a new north window.

Level

Drawing

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

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