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[7] Preliminary design, 10 December 1792
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Reference number
SM 37/2/2
Purpose
[7] Preliminary design, 10 December 1792
Aspect
Plan of kitchen buildings including the 'pastry' with courts (tinted blue) and proposed addition (tinted pink) and single storey, three-bay elevation
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
St James's Palace and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 10 December 1792
Gt Scotland Yard Decr 10 [1792]
Medium and dimensions
Pen, warm sepia, sepia, blue, green and pink washes with single ruled border, dabs of red sealing wax on three corners, on laid paper with single ruled border (458 x 346)
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche and below, GR
Notes
New work is shown in pink/light red washes and consists of a rectangular addition 41 feet by 14 feet and with a fireplace added to a small existing room. The elevation is for a plain, three-bay, single-storey building with a parapet and three round-arched windows, the lower three-quarters made blind for protection. (JL)
Level
Drawing
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