[15] Variant design (B1) for the front elevation with a three or four-bay attic storey, October 1817

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Reference number

SM 48/2/8

Purpose

[15] Variant design (B1) for the front elevation with a three or four-bay attic storey, October 1817

Aspect

Front elevation, wall plan and section of wall

Scale

bar scales of 3 inches to 10 feet

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pale raw umber washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper (574 x 700)

Hand

Edward Foxhall (1793-1862, pupil 1812-1821) and Henry Parke (1790-1835, pupil 1814-1820) from Day Book

Watermark

1816

Notes

This is a variant of design A (SM 48/2/32 and SM 48/2/10) and keeps the same overall form. The drawing (design B1) has the same six-bay front with a four-bay attic but with the addition of a basement with round-arched windows; evidently more utilitarian space was required for cellars, kitchen and servants (cf. SM 48/1/52). The ground floor is close to the original though the door openings vary slightly, the first floor has all round-arched windows without the 'spinning top' motif, the second floor has square-headed windows and is without panel pilasters to its ends.

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