[2] Design for a new entrance front and rooms, 11 November 1800

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  - Wall Hall, Hertfordshire: new entrance front and rooms for G. W. Thellusson, 1800 (3)

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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, Clos^t (twice), House Keeper, Butler, Passage, Passage to the Offices, M^r 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.

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