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Reference number

SM D2/8/5

Purpose

Variant preliminary designs for an unidentified villa in a late Gothic style, 80 feet by 51 feet

Aspect

[2] Plan of ground floor with partitions for basement added

Scale

1/8 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

rooms labelled Housekeeper, Scull and Kitch and dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen, raw umber wash, pencil pricked for transfer on wove paper (255 x 325)

Hand

Dance

Notes

The plan is marked 80.0 wide by 51.0 deep with a five-sided bay in the centre of the garden elevation. The five-bay front, which is now flat, faces S E and there are dog-leg stairs to the left (secondary) and right of the front door. Pencil amendments include the addition of turrets.

Verso
Rough alternative plans for a seven-part villa with three elliptical compartments on the cross-axis
Pencil

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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