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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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