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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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