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Reference number

SM D3/4/10

Purpose

Bowood, Wiltshire, c.1794

Aspect

[1] Survey ground plan of house and offices and of the basement under E and link wings, showing drains, with Dance's rough proposals for extension and for adding gallery to Octagon Staircase

Scale

7/15 in to 10 ft approximately

Inscribed

Ground Plan

Signed and dated

  • c.1794

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, yellow and blue washes, pencil additions, partly pricked for transfer on laid paper (490 x 820)

Hand

surveyor, Dance

Watermark

J Whatman

Notes

The survey plan shows the original moderately sized house (Great House) of about 1725 with the extensive stables and domestic offices of 1755-60 built each around three sides of two courtyards, later closed on the south side. The east range of the domestic court was designed with apartments and known as the Little House and later linked to the Great House by a new dining room. Thus the survey shows Bowood as it was after the alterations and additions by Adam, 1761-5 and 1768-71 and before the addition of C. R. Cockerell and Sir Charles Barry.

Level

Drawing

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