[6] Plan of ground floor with 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 40/3/16

Purpose

[6] Plan of ground floor with alterations

Aspect

Plan of the Ground Floor / with Proposed Alterations

Scale

bar scale of 3/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Robert Knight Esq^re and labelled: Area, Eating Room, Principal Stair, Back Staircase, Hall, Lobby, Dressing Room, Water Closet, Library, Shelves (4 times), Table and 26.0 by 23.6

Signed and dated

23/02/1802
(pencil) Lincolns Inn Fields Feb^y23 1802

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, light blue and red washes with triple ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (878 x 558)

Hand

The office Day Book has an entry for 23 February 1802 - 'Robert Knight Esq^re / About Plans of / Alterations in / Charles Street / Seward', that is, Henry Hake Seward (1778-1848) pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808

Notes

The proposals include a re-shaping of the extended library that is now given a rounded eastward wall. The new three-sided entrance of drawing [4] is shown here though differently detailed.

Three incisions on the right-hand side of the drawing opposite the bay suggest that an alternative design for the entrance may have been slotted in.

Level

Drawing

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