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Reference number
SM D1/11/16
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[13] E elevation of two- and three-storey castellated house flanked by single-storey offices
Scale
1/8 in to 1 ft
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, shaded, pencil on laid paper (190 x 565)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D & C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche
Notes
Design C is a symmetrical castellated style that does not incorporate any of the older building. The rectangular plan has four circular corner turrets, each 8 feet wide internally; Eating room, Drawing room and Library on the east front; with anteroom, staircase hall flanked by two secondary stairs, circular vestibule and porte-cochere in the western half of the house. Kitchen and laundry offices are arranged as flanking diagonal wings to north and south.
Level
Drawing
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