1/6 in to 1 ft

(of scale) Feet, rooms labelled and dimensions given

• c.1757-8

Pen, light red, yellow and sepia washes within single ruled border (cut) on laid paper (355 x 465)

Dance, some rooms labelled by Dance the Elder

I*Portal and fleur-de-lis in Crowned cartouch LVG below

Scheme A's overall dimensions, excluding the bowed projections on either side and to the garden, are 63 feet 6 inches by 53 feet. The portico gives on to an entrance-staircase hall that is square (23 feet 3 inches by 22 feet) with the stair along either side and a four-column screen at the far end. An east/west Passage bisects the house leaving the Common Parlour to the northeast balanced by the Kitchen to the northwest. The Withdrawing Room on the garden (south) front has the Library to the east and a China Closet and Dressing Room to the west. Unable to fit in all the necessary accommodation, Dance has planted a Scullery and Pantry on to the kitchen bow and a Privy, approached off a side entrance, now lies beyond the library wall.

The planning is very poor, in particular, the location of the kitchen on the principal floor to the right of the front door. No dining room is marked though perhaps the common parlour was for eating in.
The 'Dance Leoni' volume (in the RIBA Drawings Collection) has six drawings that relate to the project catalogued here. A plan (Dance Leoni No.22) is close to Scheme A except that, for example, the clumsy additions have been avoided and the stair is circular allowing for a lantern dome seen on a front elevation (Dance Leoni No.23).

Drawing

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