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[1] Ground floor plan, 10 October 1807
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Reference number
SM 35/2/22
Purpose
[1] Ground floor plan, 10 October 1807
Aspect
Plan of the principal floor / copied by J. Wyatt
Scale
1/12 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
as above, Lord Hood / Whitlley Hall, lablelled Library, Common / Parlor, Drawing room, Dressing Room, Vestibule, Dress: Room, Dining / room, Hall and (left hand side) Servants Hall, HKeeper, Stove, Dress., Mr Hoods / room, Passage 5 feet wide, Scullery, Kitchen, Larder, Plate, Butlers Pantry, Bed / 8 feet and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 10/10/1807
R.D.Chantrell / Octr: 10: 1807
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and pink washes on laid paper (350 x 563)
Hand
Robert Dennis Chantrell (1793-1872) (pupil June 1807-January 1814). Chantrell (aged 14) signed the drawing which was not usually allowed. The office Day Book for 10 October gives also 'Malton, Adams and Bailey ' as working 'about Plans of Alterations' for 'Lord Hood'.
Notes
The new work is shown in a pink wash and is considerable. It includes a new service wing (on the left-hand side) and for the existing house, a new entrance, pair of stairs and new wing to correspond, more or less, with the exisitng one.
Level
drawing
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