[9] Plan of first floor with alternative alterations

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  - London: No. 49 (formerly 44) Grosvenor Square: alterations for Robert Knight, 1801-2 and 1818-19 (47)
    - Survey drawings and plans for alterations, 1801-2 (19)

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Reference number

SM 40/3/4

Purpose

[9] Plan of first floor with alternative alterations

Aspect

Plan of the Drawing Room Floor / with proposed Alterations N^o2 labelled N^o.2

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Robert Knight Esq^re, labelled Drawing Room, Anti Room, Best Stair case, Back Stairs, Drawing Room

Signed and dated

26/02/1802
Lincolns Inn Fields Feb^y 26 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and red washes with multi-ruled and sepia wash border, on laid paper with one fold mark (562 x 448)

Hand

The office Day Book for 26 February 1802 has entries - ' Robert Knight Esq^r / About drawings of / the proposed Alterations / in Charles Street / Seward', that is, Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848) pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808 [and] ' assisting M^rSeward with the / about Plans / Rolfe', that is, William Edward Rolfe, pupil November 1801 - 1804

Notes

The design for the (full width ) drawing room facing southwards to the garden is simpler than in drawing [8].

. The drawing room facing northwards to Grosvenor Square has the corners of the east wall rounded off and of the standard three windows to the front, one has been blocke- in leaving one new double width window.

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