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Reference number
SM D1/10/23
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[41] Plan of the principal story of Coleorton Hall / in Leicestershire the seat of Sir George Beaumont Bart
Scale
1/7 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, rooms labelled, dimensions given and (verso) Plan of Coleorton hall / the seat of Sir George Beaumont Bart / near / near Ashby de la Zouch / Leicestershire
Signed: George Dance Architect
Dated: Augst 1808
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Pen and sepia wash, hatching, pencil, within single ruled border, pricked for transfer on laid paper (465 x 610)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
D & C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below
Notes
The north part of the domestic offices with the servants' hall and butler's room is shown but the diagonal service wing running northwest is only partly shown.
As Kalman suggests (p.168), Dance's final plan for Coleorton conforms basically to the standard three-by-three villa scheme. About one third of the floor area is taken up by the stairs and (on a central axis) entrance hall, vestibule and 'Polygon Hall' of 18 feet diameter. The overall dimensions are approximately 70 by 78 feet (west and south fronts, external). In the Polygon Hall, the alcoves are shown as semicircular on plan when in fact they were built with five sides.
The porte-cochere is hatched in implying that it had not yet been built.
REPORDUCED. Stroud fig.61a and captioned 'Dance's plan for the house as built'.
As Kalman suggests (p.168), Dance's final plan for Coleorton conforms basically to the standard three-by-three villa scheme. About one third of the floor area is taken up by the stairs and (on a central axis) entrance hall, vestibule and 'Polygon Hall' of 18 feet diameter. The overall dimensions are approximately 70 by 78 feet (west and south fronts, external). In the Polygon Hall, the alcoves are shown as semicircular on plan when in fact they were built with five sides.
The porte-cochere is hatched in implying that it had not yet been built.
REPORDUCED. Stroud fig.61a and captioned 'Dance's plan for the house as built'.
Level
Drawing
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