[55] Plan of extension in Charles Street

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  - London: 33 St James's Square, Charles Street and Market Lane: alterations and additions for Lord Eliot, 1805-1819 (55)
    - Designs for additiions in Charles Street, 1817-1819 (5)

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Reference number

SM 34/4/16

Purpose

[55] Plan of extension in Charles Street

Aspect

Plan of the Drawing Room floor / of the House in Charles Street, S^tJames Square

Scale

bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Earl of S^tGermans, labelled Eating Room, Ante-Room, Staircase from Offices, Drawing Room, Dressing Room, Drawing Room, Principal / Staircase, Common Staircase

Signed and dated

16/07/1819
Lincolns Inn Fields / 16^th July 1819

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for copying, on wove paper (489 x 703)

Hand

Soane office hand

Notes

Drawing [34] shows 'Lord Eliot's House' with Charles Street to one side. When the idea of stables in Charles Street was dropped in favour of Market Street, then Charles Street lent itself to an extension of the existing house in St James's Square and this included a new eating room.

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