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[52] Presentation drawing showing an alternative design for a second addition, Ground floor plan, 14 October 1789
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Reference number
SM volume 59/78
Purpose
[52] Presentation drawing showing an alternative design for a second addition, Ground floor plan, 14 October 1789
Aspect
Ground floor plan with fliers
Scale
bar scale of 1/14 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
The principal floor of Bentley Priory with the proposed additions, The Earl of Abercorn, It is proposed for the Billiard Table to be placed in the Tribune, Tribune / 30 feet diamr, Portico / 30'0" by 24'0", Library / 30'0" by 24'0", 19'7"½ by 24'0", Hall / 30'0" by 40'0", Vestibule / 15'0" diamr, Entrance for carriages / 24'0 by 12'0", Eating Room / 30'0" by 40'0", Drawing Room / 30'0" by 50'0", and fliers labelled: Eating Room / 30'0" by 40'0", vestibule, Entrance for carriages
Signed and dated
- 14 October 1789
Welbeck Street Octr 14th 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen and grey and pink washes, pencil, within single-ruled and pink wash border on laid paper (472 x 291)
Hand
Attributed to Sanders, John (1768--1826) - Library - Catalogs, draughtsman
attributed to John Sanders (1768 - , pupil 1784-90)
attributed to John Sanders (1768 - , pupil 1784-90)
Watermark
sheet pasted down
Notes
Drawing 52 is the earliest design and shows a T-shaped plan arranged around the tribune. The old house is not included in this design; only an outline on the right-hand side of the plan suggests a part of the existing building. In the proposed design, the hall and vestibule are aligned on axis with the tribune and south-facing portico. The portico projects with four columns and has geometric stairs at two ends. Fliers on the drawing show an alternative plan for the north and west ends, with the hall omitted and a door between the tribune and eating room blocked up, the only communication to the eating room being through the vestibule or the external portico. In both versions, the secondary staircase occupies three bays of the north front.
Level
Drawing
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