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Reference number

SM (22) 50/5/5 (23) 50/5/6

Purpose

Design for a back stair (2)

Aspect

22 Part plans of Basement and Ground Floor 23 Part plans of One Pair floor, Two Pair floor and Attics

Scale

(22, 23) to a scale of 1/10 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

22 as above, rooms labelled: Housekeeper (twice), Office Porters' / Kitchen, Office Messengers' / Kitchen; Waiting / room, Foreign Ministers / Room, Hall and a few dimensions given 23 as above, rooms labelled: Mr Bankhead, Lord Howard, Cabinet / room; Housekeeper, Printing room, Mr Rolleston; Office Keeper, Bookbinder's room

Medium and dimensions

(22, 23) Pen, sepia and pink washes on wove paper (444 x 264, 446 x 270)

Hand

Charles James Richardson (1809-1872, pupil and assistant 1824-1837)

Watermark

(23) J Whatman Turkey Mill

Notes

The five-storey, dog-leg, back stair links, for example, the 'Foreign Ministers Room' on the ground floor and the 'Cabinet Room' on the first floor as well as the 'Printing Room', 'Bookbinder's Room', 'Housekeeper' and various offices. It is located left of centre on the west side and does not appear on other plans.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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