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Reference number

SM 35/4/24

Purpose

[20] Preliminary plan for ground floor (dated 6 November 1811)

Aspect

Plan of the Principal Floor and (verso) rough plan drawn freehand over pencil inscribed 5:6 and ? Re--p

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, R.Putt Esqre, labelled Vestibule, Closet, Table (twice) Butlers Pantry, Plate Closet, Store Closet, Housekeeper, Passage, Kichen,Double boil, Chimney, B-----, Dresser, Powdering Closet, Ward--, The Common Staircase, Housemaids / Closet, Lobby, Closet for Wood, Mr Putts Room, Eating Room, The / Withdrawing Room, Staircase, The Library, Bookcase (8 times), Water Closet and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 06/11/1811
    6 Novr 1811 and 1811

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfe on, wove paper (353 x 577)

Hand

George Basevi (1794 - 1845)
Pupil December 1810 - June 1816.

Notes

See drawing [21] for a more fully developed plan for the ground floor where revisions include the location of the common stair and the addition of a portico. The plan on drawing [20] is about 12 feet wider than the plan on drawing [21].

Level

Drawing

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