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[17] Revised design for addition of porch and breakfast room
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Reference number
SM 5/1/11
Purpose
[17] Revised design for addition of porch and breakfast room
Aspect
The Plan of the Alterations with feint pencil detail of ? truss
Scale
bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Henry Peters Esqr / Betchworth Castle, labelled Mr Peters Room, Mr Peters dressing / Room, Hall, arch (4 times), equal (3 times), A B E F G c d e f, The Center of the Chimney A determines / the middle of the peir [sic] B / make c - d and e - f equal, The Center of the present window at / E gives the center of the window F / ggg windows the same width as those / in Mr Peters Room G and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 12/05/1801
Lincolns Inn Fields May 12 1801
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and red washes, some added pencil, pricked for transfer on wove paper with one fold mark (553 x 668)
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Hand
Thomas Sword
Pupil January 1799 - 1804. Information from office Day Book.
Pupil January 1799 - 1804. Information from office Day Book.
Notes
The re-introduction of a porch, larger and battlemented, has changed the plan of the breakfast room so that the arc of its semicircular form now runs north/south rather than east/west.
Level
Drawing
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