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Drawing 19 shows the front elevation of the stables, with a round-arched entrance surmounted by a clock tower and flanked by bays of recessed round-headed arches with glazed crowns. The rear elevation is the same as drawing 17 but omitting the crowning urns.
On 13 February 1793, Frederick Meyer was 'drawing working plans of stables' (Daybook 1792). The stables design was approved three days later and ordered to be built immediately. However, this design was not built.
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Contents of Design for the stables, with running dimensions, February 1793 (3)
- [18] Design for the stables, with running dimensions, 14 February 1793
- [19] Design for the stables, with running dimensions, February 1793
- [20] Design for the stables, with running dimensions, February 1793