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Signed and dated
- c1777
datable to c1777
Notes
The pencil annotations show that this design comprised the fourth scheme. It is listed here as the sixth scheme as it appears to comprise the sixth scheme among the extant drawings, but the annotation suggests that it was the fourth scheme which was drawn out in finished drawings and presented to Lord Derby. Indeed, the intervening schemes – here listed as second and fourth – were presumably never presented to Lord Derby, or developed beyond the early design phase.
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Contents of 6th scheme for the house, c1777, unexecuted
- [17] Preliminary design for the sixth scheme, c1777, unexecuted
- [18] Finished drawing showing the basement and ground storeys and an elevation of the principal front of the sixth scheme, c1777, unexecuted
- [19] Finished drawing showing the first and second storeys and an elevation of the garden front of the sixth scheme, c1777, unexecuted