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Reference number

SM D1/16/3

Purpose

Church of St Mary, Coleorton, Leicestershire, c.1804

Aspect

[1] Plan with proposed box pews and other fittings shown

Scale

1/4 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Coleorton Church, 4 encircled, labelled Chancel, North Aisle, Middle Aisle, South Aisle, Belfree, North Door, South Door, Font, Pulpit, Reading Desk, Clerks/desk, dimensions of pews given and (verso, Dance) Coleorton Church

Signed and dated

  • 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen and raw umber wash on wove paper (365 x 565)

Hand

unidentified architect or carpenter

Watermark

B&S (twice)

Notes

The Church has an untidy cruciform plan with a four-bay south aisle that is larger than the three-bay north aisle. The piers between the nave and the north aisle are octagonal on plan, those to the south are circular on plan. In fact, the south aisle extension to the east contains the Beaumont chapel.

There is a block plan of Coleorton Church on an imprecise survey drawing of Coleorton dated 27 December 1802 [SM D1/9/3] that more or less corresponds to the plan shown here.

Level

Drawing

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