Scale
10 feet to 11/20 inches
Inscribed
By William Talman, in pencil, on plans of central and two right-hand rooms on upper (garden) front of plan, 35, 30, 22; and at bottom right, in pencil, with lozenge symbol; and on verso, in pencil, by William Talman, Duke of Newcastle, and below, by John Talman, plan to ye elevation mark'd [small triangle with circles at each apex, with triangle and asterisk below].
Signed and dated
Medium and dimensions
Pen and brown ink with dark grey wash, over pencil and incised lines, and with pencil additions; on laid paper, 262 x 399
Hand
William Talman
Watermark
Strasbourg bend
Notes
This plan corresponds to the elevation at 3, below, but is drawn to less than half the scale and is for a slightly shorter frontage. The overall length is 247 feet compared with 253 feet for the elevation. The central pavilions in both designs are the same width (51 feet) but the intermediate walls and end pavilions are slightly less in this plan. Sketched amendments on the plan show Talman adding the outlines of a compartmented ceiling on the plan of the long hall to the left of the entrance hall, and two columns in front of the chimney-piece wall at the left end. This chimney-piece wall is sketched on the verso of the related block plan (111/29), at 4, below.
Level
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