[27] Alternative design for the stables, January 1785

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Reference number

SM 64/3/101

Purpose

[27] Alternative design for the stables, January 1785

Aspect

General plan, elevation of the Entrance front of the Stable Buildings at Tendring Hall and side elevation

Scale

1/9 inch to one foot

Inscribed

as above, N⁰1, plan labelled Hack Stable, Strangers Coachouse, Saddle Room (twice), Garden Wall (twice), Clean^gHarness, Harness &c and dimensions given

Signed and dated

Jan:^ry3^d1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and light yellow washes with double ruled and black wash border on laid paper with one fold mark (442 x 560)

Hand

Robert Baldwin (fl. 1762-c.1804)

Watermark

J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W

Notes

The drawing, dated 3 January 1785, follows the first contract drawing for the stables of May 1784 (drawing 7 q.v.) that has a courtyard plan, 85 feet by 113 feet, which is basically a circle interrupted by three rectangular buildings. The later design here has a circle interrupted by three rectangular buildings and two small square ones. The layout and dimensions of the three rectangular buildings are much the same but the addition of two square pavilions (15x15 feet) flanking a screen with a triple gate allows for a more imposing entrance and, in the same spirit, a domed clock tower had been added to the central building.

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