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Variant preliminary designs for an unidentified villa in a late Gothic style, 80 feet by 51 feet
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Reference number
SM D2/8/7
Purpose
Variant preliminary designs for an unidentified villa in a late Gothic style, 80 feet by 51 feet
Aspect
[1] Basement plan, 81/84 ft 6 in by 46 ft 6 in
Scale
1/8 in to 1 ft approximately
Inscribed
rooms labelled including Kitchen / [under] Library and dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Red and black pen, pink wash, pencil, hatching, pricked for transfer on wove paper (235 x 290)
Hand
Dance
Notes
The plan shows a large kitchen with a five-sided bay in the centre of the garden front with the library directly above. A pair of compartments with smaller five-sided bays flank the projecting entrance so that the front elevation is composed in three planes; the external corners of the villa are chamfered. Drawn to a scale of approximately 1/8 inch to 1 foot, the marked dimensions do not always tally so that the house totals 84 feet 6 inches wide on the garden side and 81 feet 6 inches on the other.
Level
Drawing
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