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Reference number
SM D1/10/30
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[38] Plan of principal floor showing house and domestic offices, S elevation and unfinished W elevation
Scale
1/7 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
rooms labelled, dimensions given, calculations, (verso, Dance) Coleorton / General Plan and (Dance) Copy of inscription by Sir George Beaumonts orders / placed on the inside of parapet on the top of the Portal. / This House / was erected on the site of the Old House by / Sir George Beaumont Bart and Dame Margaret his wife. / The first stone was laid out the 21st day of August 1804 / It was inhabited for the first time on Friday 12th day of Augst. 1808 / The Architect / was George Dance Esqr. R.A. / who manifested as much Friendship by his attention / to the execution of the work as he he [sic] has shewn / good sense, taste, and Genius in the Design.
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink and sepia washes, pencil within single ruled border, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (665 x 995)
Hand
office (Peacock?), amendments and some inscriptions by Dance
Watermark
J Whatman 1804
Notes
The plan was probably copied from [SM D1/10/34] and shows, for example, a circular treatment of the ceilings of entrance hall and dining room. The two-storey, three-bay south elevation has three-part windows under the labels, a parapet with quatrefoils and polygonal turrets with plainly moulded finials, that is, more or less as executed.
Level
Drawing
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