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[27] Alternative design for the stables, January 1785
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Reference number
SM 64/3/101
Purpose
[27] Alternative design for the stables, January 1785
Aspect
General plan, elevation of the Entrance front of the Stable Buildings at Tendring Hall and side elevation
Scale
1/9 inch to one foot
Inscribed
as above, N0 1, plan labelled Hack Stable, Strangers Coachouse, Saddle Room (twice), Garden Wall (twice), Cleang Harness, Harness &c and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- Jan:ry 3d 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia and light yellow washes with double ruled and black wash border on laid paper with one fold mark (442 x 560)
Hand
Robert Baldwin (fl. 1762-c.1804)
Watermark
J Whatman, fleur-de-lis above cartouche with bar and below, ornate W
Notes
The drawing, dated 3 January 1785, follows the first contract drawing for the stables of May 1784 (drawing 7 q.v.) that has a courtyard plan, 85 feet by 113 feet, which is basically a circle interrupted by three rectangular buildings. The later design here has a circle interrupted by three rectangular buildings and two small square ones. The layout and dimensions of the three rectangular buildings are much the same but the addition of two square pavilions (15x15 feet) flanking a screen with a triple gate allows for a more imposing entrance and, in the same spirit, a domed clock tower had been added to the central building.
Level
Drawing
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