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Reference number

SM D3/14/8

Purpose

Paul, Cornwall, 1797

Aspect

[10] Ground floor plan, elevation of three-storey side front with porte-cochere and cross-section

Scale

1/10 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

dimensions given including 92.0 the width of the main front and 69.0 the width of the side front

Signed and dated

  • 1797

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and burnt sienna washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (315 x 490)

Hand

Dance

Notes

Dance has introduced a Doric porte-cochere on the side elevation to the right. This is of three storeys and the unconventional height of the windows (four, three and five panes high on the ground, intermediate and upper floors) suggest a mezzanine floor has been added. The best stair has been moved from the centre towards that same side. Canted bays are introduced on the back front. Single-storey offices are shown at the back and one of them may be the much-reduced original house. Pencil amendments to the elevation change the flat-headed casement windows into round-arched ones.

Verso
Rough perspective of porte-cochere with two pairs of coupled Doric columns
Pencil

Level

Drawing

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