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Reference number
SM D1/9/1
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[3] Outline plan and four elevations
Scale
1/15 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Coleorton / Sir George Beaumont / Sent to me by Post / from Mr John Mathews Ashby de la Zouche, NB these Elevations should / be look'd at through the / paper from the backside / otherwise they are all / wrong being oddly reversed and labelled Ground Plan, South Front, North Front, East Front and West Front
Dated: Jany 1803
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on wove paper (320 x 395)
Hand
Mathews, Dance
Notes
Mr John Mathews of Ashby de la Zouch (about three miles from Coleorton) was the surveyor who also made drawing [SM D1/9/3]. Placing the plan in the centre, he drew each elevation in reverse - as noted by Dance.
The survey shows a plain old-fashioned house of two storeys and attic having gabled elevations with cross and transom, and mullion windows and a more recent canted bay on the west front with 12-pane windows. The octagonal northwest tower has a pepperpot roof. A pen and wash sketch by Beaumont showing the west front in a dilapidated state and with spoil heaps in the background is in the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery's collection (F10.1970.0.0.).
See [SM D1/9/2] for a survey plan made 3 June 1804 by Dance.
The survey shows a plain old-fashioned house of two storeys and attic having gabled elevations with cross and transom, and mullion windows and a more recent canted bay on the west front with 12-pane windows. The octagonal northwest tower has a pepperpot roof. A pen and wash sketch by Beaumont showing the west front in a dilapidated state and with spoil heaps in the background is in the Leicester Museum and Art Gallery's collection (F10.1970.0.0.).
See [SM D1/9/2] for a survey plan made 3 June 1804 by Dance.
Level
Drawing
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