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Reference number

SM 78/6/8

Purpose

[27] Design (office copy) for the office courts at Anniston House as executed, 1787

Aspect

Plan of an H-plan country house flanked by office courts, with elevations and sections of the offices. The stable court is located to the west and the kitchen court to the east. Above the plan to the left side of the sheet is a projected elevation of the stables and green-house viewed from the north. The remaining elevations and sections show the arrangement of the buildings in the kitchen court, with sections through the laundry block and the connecting service wing, and an elevation of the scullery and pantry adjoining the main house

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Anniston. John Rait Esqr
Ground Floor Plan labelled: Extends 225 feet 6 inches, Stairs, Hall, Bookroom, Drawing room, Dining room, Bedchamber, Dressg room, Bedchamber, Kitchen, Butler, Servts Hall
West court: Stable, Dung pit, Store, Green house and billiard room, Gentlemen, W.C, Lobby, Dressg room
East court: Pantry, Scullery, Door, Gate, Yard, Gravel, paving, Footway, Pump, Brewhouse, 5ft under Ground, Laundry, 3ft under Ground, Mangle, dust, Women, Gentlemen, Men, Coals, Knives and Shoes, milk, with general dimensions given / Reservoir over Milk house Served by Fire Pump from Mill which Reservoir again Serves the water Closet Cistern / North Elevation of the Green House / West Elevation of the Brewhouse and Laundry Copy, labelled: Steam vent, Mangle house with dimensions given / North Elevation of Offices in Kitchen Court Copy, labelled: Laundry, Part of House with dimensions given / East Elevation of Scullery and Pantry with dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1787
    Plan dated: Feby 14 1787 / Sections and elevations dated: May 2d 1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil with pink wash on wove paper (542x681)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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