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  • image SM 5/1/2

Reference number

SM 5/1/2

Purpose

[4] Survey elevations of west and east fronts

Aspect

The Elevation of the West Front and The Elevation of the East Front

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Henry Peters Esqre Betchworth Castle

Signed and dated

  • 11/07/1798
    Lincolns Inn Fields July 11 1798

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepppia washes, shaded, pricked for transfer on laid paper with one fold mark (559 c 694)

Hand

Henry Hake Seward (1778 - 1848)
Pupil and assistant May 1794 - September 1808. Information from the Soane office Day Book.

Notes

The east or back front is two storeys high and about 13 bays wide. The left-hand part is castellated and houses . eating room, hall, drawings room and breakfast room. The five bays on the right house one end of the stables, the brewery, washouse and dairy.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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