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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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