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Bowood, Wiltshire, c.1794
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Reference number
SM D3/4/4
Purpose
Bowood, Wiltshire, c.1794
Aspect
[4] Plans B and a showing existing ground floor and basement floor of link wing with adjacent rooms, with fliers showing 'after' and two elevations showing Appearance of the / Supper room Tower / when the new Building / shall be erected and Appearance of the new Building / towards the West
Scale
7/15 in to 10 ft approximately
Inscribed
as above and keys (first floor) a / No. 1 Waiting Hall / 2 Octagon Staircase / 3 Vestibule / 4 Drawing Room / 5 Supper Room / 6 New Passage, (ground floor) B / 1 Octagon Staircase / 2 Still Room / 3 Housekeepers room / 4 Passages / 5 Steps to the Cellars / 6 China Closet / 7 Maids room / 8 Stewards room and two further keys C and D for two fliers with alternative layouts for ground floor
Signed and dated
- c.1794
Medium and dimensions
Black and red pen, burnt umber and blue washes, pencil additions on laid paper with three fliers (275 x 480)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
Portal & Bridges 1795
Notes
The 'communication' has grown and is now of three bays. An extra 'communication' is proposed for the lower floor.
Level
Drawing
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