[5] Copy of plan of first floor 'A' (drawing [3]) with flier

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  - Reading, Berkshire: Friar Street, house for Lancelot Austwick, 1796 (32)
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Reference number

SM 2/7A/10

Purpose

[5] Copy of plan of first floor 'A' (drawing [3]) with flier

Aspect

Plan of the one pair Floor with (flier) alternative plan (verso) part of full size detail for ceiling decoration for unrelated scheme

Scale

bar scale of 1/6 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, Lancelot Austwick Esq^{r^e} , rooms labelled: Closet, Chamber, Ladies Sitting room, Closet, Chamber (flier) Closet, Ladies Sitting / Room, Lobby, Powdering / Closet, Closet, and (back extension) Water / Closet (twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

11/03/1796
(copy) Lincolns Inn Fields March 11^th / 1796

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pricked for transfer on laid paper (525 x 316, flier 121 x 209) (verso) pen and (verso of flier) pen, sepia, pink and yellow washes

Hand

Soane office hand (no entry in Day Book)

Notes

The flap re-arranges the back rooms so that a Closet becomes a Chamber and the Powdering Closet is smaller and loses its window.

Level

Drawing

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