[30] Record copy of working drawing for the staircase, 20 February 1790

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  - Shotesham Park, Norfolk: (executed) house for Robert Fellowes, 1785-1790 (34)
    - Record copies of working drawings for the staircase, 18 December 1789 - 20 February 1790 (2)

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Reference number

SM 28/6/22

Purpose

[30] Record copy of working drawing for the staircase, 20 February 1790

Aspect

Plan, wall elevations and details of mouldings (verso, pencil) incomplete full size details of mouldings

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to one foot approximately

Inscribed

Torus skirting to the whole of the / Staircase the same as in the Hall, The spaces over the several doors are / to be left so that sashes may hereafter / be put in if the Rooms should be / found too cold, plan labelled Great Staircase, B (four times) C (twice), The Plaisterer is desired to observe that altho' / the part B is round the whole of the Ceiling / is to be flat and not have spherical / spandrils as in the Hall all which will / appear clear on careful inspection of the / drawings, All the door recesses to be finished with / Angle beads wood as far as the top / of the Architrave and then in Plaister / the parts between the Angle Beads / and the Backs of the Architraves are / to be of deal, These doors are to correspond in every respect / with the doors on their respective stories / and to have the same Architraves. NB / the doors are to be set in found Inch reveals, details labelled Cornice to Staircase, Circular B, C, Wall line and Front of the Landing A / half the full size, To correspond with / the top Step; (verso, pencil) level of landing Best floor, To correspond with the / top step and Soffite of landing,

Signed and dated

20 February 1790
Copy Feb. 20^th1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia washes on laid paper, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (645 x 528)

Hand

Sanders, John (1768--1826), draughtsman
John Sanders (pupil 1 September 1784-90)

Level

Drawing

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