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Drawings [67] - [68] are inscribed (in added pencil) ''Lady Grenville' who may be the Duke's sister - Mary Anne Nugent Temple Grenville? The additions here are for Lord and Lady Buckingham - dressing rooms, writing room, morning room etc. These were not realised.
Drawings [69] - [73] are rough survey drawings attributed to Soane while [74] and [75] are finished survey elevations.
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Contents of Unexecuted designs for additions, 1817-1818
- [65] Part plan of ground floor from book
- [66] Part plan of ground floor
- [67] Design for additions by Lady Grenville
- [68] Design for additions by Lady Grenville re-drawn by Soane office
- [69] Rough survey drawing
- [70] Rough survey drawing
- [71] Rough survey drawings
- [72] Rough survey drawing
- [73] Rough survey drawing
- [74] Survey elevation with arches
- [75] Survey elevation with rustication
- [76] Design for ground floor plan of offices
- [77] Design for chamber plan of offices
- [78] Revised design for ground floor plan of offices
- [79] Design for floor timbers
- [80] Design for roof timbers