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Reference number

SM 78/6/7

Purpose

[18] Design (office copy) for designs for office courts at Anniston House as executed, 1786

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a country house flanked by office courts. The main house is only shown in block form on both drawings, with focus on the detail and arrangement of the service buildings in the courtyards. The east court is enclosed to the north with a perimeter wall and gate. The main building is a brewhouse or laundry and stretches the full depth of the main house, connected by a range of open-fronted sheds and stores. The west court comprises a stable-block and green-house

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/10 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

South Elevation to Anniston House, John Rait Esqr, J. Playfair Archt London, 1786, labelled: 12, Stables, Green houses, Kitchen Offices, Kitchen Offices / Plan labelled: House, Bedchamber, Bedchamber, Kitchen, Butler, Servants hall, to stalls Stable, Green houses, W.C. Drssg room, Pantry, Scullery, Kitchen Court, [illegible] may be made into a Brewhouse and Laundry, Milk, Larder, Coals & Wood Shed, Bottles, Ashes, Servants, Gentlemen, Fruit trees between the Columns with dimensions given / Copy

Signed and dated

  • 15 May 1786
    May 15th 1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil with blue, pink, and grey wash on wove paper (509x642)

Hand

Playfair, James (1755--1794) - Art collections

Level

Drawing

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