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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 D2/8/5
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
Verso
Rough alternative plans for a seven-part villa with three elliptical compartments on the cross-axis
Pencil
Level
Drawing
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