ARCHITECTURE - HEYTESBURY HOUSE A group of eighteenth and nineteenth century architectural drawings and plans for the design of Heytesbury House in Wiltshire, once the home of Siegfried Sassoon, comprising: One elevation ("South Elevation of Heytesbury House as it is now 1781"), and 2 ground plans (Ground plan of Heytsbury House Dec.ber 1781" and "Bedchamber Plan of Heytesbury House Dec.ber 1781", brown ink on paper, the elevation with pencil additions (old tape stains at margins), the elevation 140 x 192mm., the ground plans 280 x 400mm., [late eighteenth century] Six nineteenth century views of the elevations of Heytesbury House ("The South Front of Heytsbury House", "North Font" - 2 different, one signed "J. Pinch archt.", East Front, "West Elevation of the Offices", "South Elevation of the Offices"); one cross-section demonstrating the flow of air in the chimneys; 3 ground-plans ("The Ground-Plan of Heytesbury-House", "Attic Story" and "Chamber Story"), pen, watercolour and wash, mostly on "J. Whatman" paper (one dated "1832"), the "Ground-plan" strengthened on verso with small marginal tears and repairs and one ink stain, the largest 410 x 535mm. smallest 230 x 295mm., [?1830s] "Tented camp for 1500 Men, Heytesbury, Wiltshire... Prepared by Herbert R. Titsall... 1. 11. [19]43", blueprint plan for World War II army encampment of troops neighbouring Heytesbury House, old folds, a few old tape marks and abrasions with one small loss, 710 x 460m., 1943, (group) Heytesbury House was built for the Ashe à Court family to a Classical style in the 1780s, with the original designs sometimes attributed to John Wood the Younger. It was enlarged in the first half of the nineteenth century. One of the drawings ("North Front") in this collection is signed "J. Pinch, archt.", most likely John Pinch the Younger (1796–1849) who, like Wood, was most active working in Bath and the South-West. During the Second World War the grounds and surrounding farms of the house were used as a military encampment. Provenance: Siegfried Sassoon, who lived at Heytesbury House from 1933 until 1967; thence by descent to the present owner.