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Reference number

SM D2/8/15

Purpose

Lowther Castle, Westmorland?

Aspect

[2] Plan, S and E elevations corresponding to the second Castle style design of [SM D2/8/16]

Scale

1/13 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

rooms labelled Green / house, Breakfast / Room, Drawing / Room, Anti Room, Eating Room, Library, Hall, Dressing / Room, Strong Closett, Butlers / Pantry, Housekeepers / Room

Medium and dimensions

Pen, raw umber, olive green and sepia washes, pricked for transfer on thick wove paper, affixed to [SM D2/8/16] (190 x 275)

Notes

The drawings were folded several times, perhaps for the pocket or for posting. The irregular L-shaped plan of [SM D2/8/15] with south and east wings around a courtyard and with existing offices to north and west has some correspondence to Dance's plan for Lowther, [SM D2/8/17].

Level

Drawing

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