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A report by Purcell Miller Tritton, architects, was prepared for Stowe in 2008, A copy is kept in the Green Box files at the Soane Museum (pages 38-41 with photographs). Regarding the initial designs, the report suggests that 'although these were preliminary ideas and there were to be alterations, the basic framework for the library and ceiling was shown in the second perspective [drawing 2].
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Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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Contents of Library
- [1] Interior perspective design for library
- [2] Alternative interior perspective design for library
- [3] Plan of library and lobby
- [4] Plan of library and lobby as [3]
- [5] Working drawing - plan of library and lobby close to [3] and [4]
- Designs for ceiling and walls of library
- Sections through library
- Designs and working drawings for the lobby
- Staircase
- Window
- Bookcases, shrine, panelling, fixings
- Chimneypiece
- Columns
- Shields, library doors
- Stained glass windows and folding doors
- Unexecuted designs for additions, 1817-1818