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Reference number

SM D1/10/21

Purpose

Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

Aspect

[76] Section of flue within turret and below floor

Scale

Scale 1½ Ins to the Foot

Inscribed

as above, labelled including Circular Flue 14 Ins Diamr lin'd wh Brick in Center of Turret, Flue in Conservatory, top of square Base of Turret, Face of Turret, Springing line of Arches in Cellars under Drawing room & Library, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Coleorton / Flue in Turret

Signed and dated

  • 1802-08

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pink wash, pencil on laid paper (485 x 585)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw and fleur-de-lis in crowned cartouche and WR below

Notes

The conservatory flue, marked 1 foot 6 inches wide, runs horizontally above the 'Cellars under Drawing room & Library' on the south side of the house. There are rough drawings ([SM D1/10/19] verso and [SM D1/11/25] verso) that show a conservatory was built by Dance, though a conservatory was added on the east front of the later Picture Gallery in the second half of the 19th century and demolished in the early 1950s (John Crocker, Loughborough, letter, February 2000).

Verso
E/W section through two bays of S front including flues
Inscribed: labelled including paved floor over flues, Smoke, warm air (twice) and dimensions given
Pen, pink, raw umber and sepia washes, pencil

Level

Drawing

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