[49] Working drawing for library, anti room and offices behind including the housekeeper's room

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  - Aynhoe Park, Northamptonshire: designs for alterations and additions for W.R.Cartwright, 1799-1802 ( 60)
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Reference number

SM 6/4/27

Purpose

[49] Working drawing for library, anti room and offices behind including the housekeeper's room

Aspect

Plan titled Design for part of the (ground floor) Additions to Aynho and (verso) west-east section as drawing [43] recto

Scale

bar scale of ¼ inch to 1 foot (verso) as recto

Inscribed

as above, W.R.Cartwright Esq^re, labelled Strong Closet, The Recess in Library, Vestibule, Library, Anti Room. Staircase, Plate Closet, Bed, Working Room, Butler, Dress., Still Room, Passage to M^rCartwrights Room, Lobby, Fanlight / over / new door, The Housekeepers Room, Kitchen Court, Game Larder, Dry Larder, Wet Larder and dimensions given (verso) Passage, a few dimensions given (pencil) old offices, Door --- / Butlers / Room and M^r Cartwrights bedroom ,

Signed and dated

00/00/1800
1800

Medium and dimensions

Pen, red and sepia washes, partly pricked for transfer (697 x 565)

Hand

Attributed to Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.

Notes

The plan for the housekeeper's room accords with drawing [46] and the library plan corresponds with that on drawing [48]. Next to the housekeeper's room, and with the only access, is the 'Still Room' probably a store room for preserves and the like rather than a distillery. Drawing [60] is a design for a brewery.

Level

Drawing

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