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
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
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