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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.

Level

Drawing

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