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[2] Design for a new entrance front and rooms, 11 November 1800
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Reference number
SM 4/4/10
Purpose
[2] Design for a new entrance front and rooms, 11 November 1800
Aspect
Plan of the ground floor
Scale
bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
G. W. Thelusson (sic) Esq, labelled: Porch, Drawing Room, Vestibule, Library, Books (3 times), Bookcase (twice), Bookcase for / folios / &c, Servants Hall, Clost (twice), House Keeper, Butler, Passage, Passage to the Offices, Mr Thelussons / Dressing / room, Lobby, Water / Closet, Lobby, Eating Room, Breakfast Room, Best Staircase
Signed and dated
- 11 November 1800
Nov 11 1800
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, light red and pink washes, pricked for transfer on wove paper (337 x 555)
Hand
Henry Hake Seward or Thomas Sword, with labels by Soane
Notes
In this design the Drawing Room, Entrance Hall (labelled as 'Vesitbule') and Library are enlarged and rebuilt - the Drawing Room with a curved wall and a repositioned chimneypiece, and the Library with bookcases on three walls - and a Porch is added to the entrance front. The Hall has a vaulted ceiling. In the servants' offices, the passage leading to further offices is widened.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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