Variant designs for alterations to the ground floor (and basement), July 1826 (6)

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Reference number

SM (4) 56/1/12 (5) 56/1/7 (6) 56/1/8 (7) 56/1/3 (8) 56/1/10 (9) 56/1/5

Purpose

Variant designs for alterations to the ground floor (and basement), July 1826 (6)

Aspect

4 Plan of the Ground Floor of M^rGregg's House in King Street Manchester as existing and with pencilled design for alterations; (verso) two rough pencil door elevations 5 Plan of the ground floor King Street 6 Plan of the ground floor King Street 7 Plan of M^rGregg's Premises / in King Street Manchester 8 Unfinished ground floor plan 9 Plan of the Basement Story of M^rGregg's premises in King Street / Manchester

Scale

(4-9) bar scales of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

4 as above, labelled: Mem. The House / 3 Stories High, and / Cellars, Narrow Street, Warehouse belonging to, and / occupied by M^rGregg, Narrow Street called Chancery Lane, Private House (twice), rooms labelled: step, Entrance / Hall / Paved with Stone, Dining Room, Breakfast / Parlor, Butlers Pantry, Staircase, Kitchen / paved with / Stone, Water Closet, Store Closet, Passage / 1 Story, Steps to Cellars, Office one / Story high, Paved Yard, Scullery, one Story high, Dust &^c, Low Fence Wall, step, Floor / above Yard, Warehouses 4 Stories & Cellars and dimensions given 5 as above, labelled: Warehouses belonging to / M^rGregg, rooms labelled: Lobby, Banking Office, Counter (3 times), Entrance Passage to House, Staircase, Kitchen / paved with Stone, Strong / Room, Yard, (pencil) M^rSmythe's / Room, WC, Staircase, M^rM'Gregor's / Room and Office 6 as above, labelled: Warehouses belonging to / M^rGregg and Chancery Lane; rooms labelled: Entrance Passage to House, Private Office, Closet (twice), Clo^s, Hall & / Staircase, 4 Steps down to / Deposit Vaults / &^c &^c, Counter (twice) and Desks (3 times) 7 as above, labelled: Warehouses &^c belonging to and occupied / by M^rGregg and Chancery Lane; rooms labelled: desk, desks (twice), counter (twice), flap, Iron Safe &^c, Private Office, Water / Closet, Passage to Offices, Steps to Vaults &^c / Book Room &^c, q^ydoor, Lobby (twice), door, Yard, Dust &^c, Entrance to the House / and Offices, (pencil) Kitchen, Half the Scale 9 as above, Arched Ceiling, (pencil) cellar, Iron (3 times) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

(4, 9) July 1826

Medium and dimensions

(4) Pen, sepia, burnt umber and blue washes, added pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (475 x 290) (5) pen, sepia, blue, burnt umber and pink washes, added pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (476 x 291) (6) pen, sepia, burnt umber and pink washes, added pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (476 x 292) (7) pen, sepia, blue, burnt umber and pink washes, added pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (473 x 293) (8) pen, sepia and pink washes, added pencil , pricked for transfer on laid paper (476 x 294) (9) pen, sepia and pink washes, added pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (475 x 292)

Hand

(4-9) George Bailey (1792-1860, pupil then assistant 1806-37, curator 1837-60)

Watermark

(4, 7-9) fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate CA (5, 6) C Ansell 1818

Notes

Drawing 4 shows that the existing five-bay house with a frontage of about 58 feet has a generous entrance hall prefaced by semi-elliptical steps and flanked by a dining room and breakfast room with the kitchen and its offices to the rear; the drawing room would have been on the first floor. At the back is a large T-shaped warehouse and another across Chancery Lane; both belong to Mr Gregg. Some alterations to the ground floor are added in pencil including a design for a counter composed of two quadrants. Drawing 5 develops that idea into a three-quarter elipse while drawings 6 and 7 inevitably return to conventional counters and desks in alternative arrangements. Pink wash indicates a few new walls, partitions and blocked openings. The basement (drawing 9) houses the strong room shown on the ground floor in drawings 5 and 6.

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