Humphry Repton (Bury St. Edmunds 1752-1818 Aylsham) Plan for the alteration of the prospect from the south front of Norman Court, with wooden fencing giving way to a balustraded terrace, a deer park and a classical folly inscribed 'No I' (upper right) watercolour on wove paper with overlay tab and original washline mount 20.3 x 30.5cm (8 x 12in). unframed together with watercolours of the new south and east front by Henry Harrison signed and dated 1820, three further drawings by Blore (?) and two sketches of cottages at Norman court (5) Footnotes: Provenance Charles Wall (1756-1815) who married Harriet Baring in 1790 Their son Charles Baring Wall (1795-1853) Thomas Baring (1799-1873), his cousin, and thereafter by descent through the family Charles Wall married the daughter of his employer Sir Francis Baring (1740-1818), founder of Barings Bank of which Wall was to become a majority shareholder. He bought Norman Court in 1806 and commissioned Charles Dance and Humphry and John Repton to draw up a scheme to improve the house and grounds. The historic manor house had been replaced with a red brick building in 1752 and their proposal shows an update to the house and outbuildings in the classical style. The plans were never implemented and Wall's son remodelled the house in 1818-20 to plans by Henry Harrison. Repton's watercolours often feature the use of an overlay tab that, when drawn back, reveals his suggested modifications to buildings and landscape. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com