Richard Norman Shaw RA, Design for additions to Bourton Cottage (Bourton Manor), Bourton, Shropshire: perspective sketch, Signed and dated August 1871.
Pen and ink. 312 mm x 469 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Design for additions to Bourton Cottage (Bourton Manor), Bourton, Shropshire: perspective sketch, Signed and dated August 1871
Richard Norman Shaw RA (1831 - 1912)
RA Collection: Art
This scheme consists of two designs for enlarging a small country house. The earlier, dated 1871, is much larger than the second scheme of 1874 which was executed. Three of the 1874 sheets are draft drawings for contract.
Bourton Cottage was renamed Bourton Manor in the mid-20th century.
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312 mm x 469 mm
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