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[12] Plan for alterations to ground floor
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Reference number
SM 34/3/7
Purpose
[12] Plan for alterations to ground floor
Aspect
Plan of the Ground Floor / with the Proposed Alterations
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, The Right Honble / The Lord Eliot, labelled Portico, Area (twice), Eating Room, Anti-room, Hall, Best / Staircase, Library, Water / Closet, Lead Flat, Upper Part / of Kitchen, Closet
Signed and dated
- 26/04/1805
Lincolns Inn Fields / April 26th 1805
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, blue and red washes with triple ruled and sepia wash border, pricked for transfer, on wove paper (460 x 643)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808.
Notes
The survey drawings (2] and [9] show the entrance as facing St James's Square while the drawing catalogued here has it on the long elevation facing Charles II Street. In fact, the extension to the house came later. The proposals here include the new entrance hall and the enlargement of the eating room now taking in the old entrance hall.
Level
Drawing
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