JOHN JOHNSON (1732-1814) ARCHITECT SECTION OF PANELLING FOR THE DINING ROOM AT LANGFORD GROVE

JOHN JOHNSON (1732-1814) ARCHITECT SECTION OF PANELLING FOR THE DINING ROOM AT LANGFORD GROVE, ESSEX signed and inscribed, pen, ink and grey wash on paper watermarked J WHATMAN, 36 x 41.5cm and about forty mid-late 19th c architectural drawings, including plans, elevations and sketches of details of mainly High Hall, Wickham Bishops, sold in portfolio (40 approx)The neo classical Langford Grove was built by John Johnson for Nicholas Wescomb in 1782. A daughter of the Reverend William Wescomb married the 8th Lord Byron and another married his brother, becoming the mother of the 9th and 10th Lords Byron. The design of High Hall, a Jacobean style house of c1840 was closely modelled on the Byron family's principal seat, Thrumpton Hall, Nottinghamshire.