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Reference number

SM D2/8/20

Purpose

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

Aspect

[3] Front elevation of five-bay, three-storey villa with four-storey lantern tower, 84 ft wide
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Scale

1/8 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

some dimensions given

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia wash, pencil on wove paper, affixed to [SM D2/8/21] (185 x 280)

Hand

Dance

Notes

This design is Classically proportioned but with four-centred windows, tripled in the centre, and a wide porte-cochere. Four turrets articulate the flat-fronted facade behind which rises a rectangular lantern tower.

Level

Drawing

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

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