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143 Piccadilly and Hamilton Place Mews, Westminster, 1807-08
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Reference number
SM D4/10/3
Purpose
143 Piccadilly and Hamilton Place Mews, Westminster, 1807-08
Aspect
[2] Plans of plots in Piccadilly and Hamilton Mews
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
labelled and dimensions given and (verso, Dance) N. Holland Bart / General Dimensions / of Ground
Signed and dated
- 1807-08
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen on laid secretary paper (200 x 325)
Hand
surveyor, Rowles?, Dance
Watermark
C Ansell 1807
Notes
The Piccadilly plot is bounded by houses or sites belonging to Sir Drummond Smith on the W, Lady Jane Long on the N and Mr Rowles on the E sides, while the mews site has Mr Rowles on one side and the Duke of Queensbury on two sides.
'Mr Rowles' was Henry Rowles (died 1841), a successful builder and the nephew of Henry Holland. Dorothy Stroud (Henry Holland, 1966) wrote that 'a plan of 1796 ... gives the name of "Holland" and "Rowles" against Nos 142 and 143' (p.134). Rowles was the son of Holland's sister Catherine and on his marriage in 1804 was granted a lease by his uncle of 12 houses in Upper Cadogan Place, the largest of which (no. 13) he occupied (p.48). On Holland's death in 1806 Rowles received his collection of 'Antique remains in plaister and marble' and his architectural books and drawings. Apparently he had little regard for these, allowing the office papers to be destroyed. Soane, some years later, acquired the splendid collection of marbles (pp.151-2).
See also [SM D4/10/39].
'Mr Rowles' was Henry Rowles (died 1841), a successful builder and the nephew of Henry Holland. Dorothy Stroud (Henry Holland, 1966) wrote that 'a plan of 1796 ... gives the name of "Holland" and "Rowles" against Nos 142 and 143' (p.134). Rowles was the son of Holland's sister Catherine and on his marriage in 1804 was granted a lease by his uncle of 12 houses in Upper Cadogan Place, the largest of which (no. 13) he occupied (p.48). On Holland's death in 1806 Rowles received his collection of 'Antique remains in plaister and marble' and his architectural books and drawings. Apparently he had little regard for these, allowing the office papers to be destroyed. Soane, some years later, acquired the splendid collection of marbles (pp.151-2).
See also [SM D4/10/39].
Level
Drawing
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