Plan of part of the ground floor of the New Castle, showing the Library (now the Yellow Drawing Room) and adjoining spaces. Prepared by Owen C. Little FRIBA, 88 Gower Street, WC1. Drawing No. 5231. Dated 1.7.27. Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch. Received and date-stamped by Rateau 22 July 1927, with his annotations in pencil.
Owen Carey Little (1865-1931) was a British architect who worked alongside Rateau on the redevelopment of Leeds Castle. Little would send his plans to Rateau in Paris, who would initial them (if approved) and then return them to London. Their working relationship has been described as “harmonious” and Rateau’s son recalled Little spending an enjoyable weekend with the Rateau family at their home in Bougival on the River Seine. Little also carried out several independent building projects at Leeds Castle, including the gate lodges and this work on the Gloriette flues. He died suddenly at his London home on 2 April 1931, a few weeks after this drawing was made.
