[5] Revised design, Plan of first floor, 6 July 1789

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  - Gunthorpe Hall, Norfolk: designs for a new house for the Revd Charles Collyer, 1789-1790 (13)
    - Revised designs, 6-10 July 1789 (4 on 3 sheets)

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Reference number

SM 29/4A/6

Purpose

[5] Revised design, Plan of first floor, 6 July 1789

Aspect

Plan of first floor

Scale

to 1/6 inch to one foot

Inscribed

M^rColly, Venet[ian window] (twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

6 July 1789
July 6 1789

Medium and dimensions

pen and sepia wash on cartridge paper with one fold mark (295 x 515)

Hand

SOANE, Sir John (1754--1837), architect
Soane

Notes

Drawing 5 (in Soane's hand) shows the layout of the first or bedchamber floor, revisions were made four days later (drawing 6 verso) that included Venetian windows on the west side. Drawing 8 has what seems to be the final design for the bedchamber floor and has the addition of top lighting.

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