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Reference number

SM D1/16/1

Purpose

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

Aspect

[3] Section of South walls and Section of North Walls showing proposed box pews, windows and doors

Scale

1/4 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

1 and 2 encircled, some dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Coleorton Church

Signed and dated

  • 1804

Medium and dimensions

Pen, raw umber and sepia washes, shaded on wove paper (205 x 560)

Notes

None of these three drawings are in Dance's hand or in a Dance office hand. Nor are they in the hand, for instance, of the surveyor Mr Matthews of Ashby de la Zouch (see [SM D1/9/3] and [SM D1/9/1]) or the surveyor and land agent Joseph Hodskinson [SM D1/11/1A]. The proposed work consists of a new roof, the reduction of the chancel by walling off about 7 feet of the eastern end, a re-fitting with new pews, pulpit reading desk and clerk's desk, three new windows and two new doors on the south and north sides - all in a starved carpenter's Gothic style. None of this (if executed) has survived.

Level

Drawing

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