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Reference number

SM D1/12/12

Purpose

Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

Aspect

[87] Elevation/Section of Entrance Hall / from South to North, Section of the Ceiling from West to East, Section of / Moldings A / full size and Horizontal or level moulding / at B full size

Scale

1 in to 1 ft and full size

Inscribed

as above, labelled including Floor Line of Bed rooms, Paving line and dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • 1802-1808

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pink wash, pencil on laid paper (600 x 460)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV

Notes

The arches of the entrance hall have been changed from three-centred to pseudo-four-centred, that is, made more Gothic; the ceiling is ribbed and Dance's full size details employ half- and three-quarter-circle mouldings. Joints shown on the drawing (and on [SM D1/13/24]) indicate that the plaster was to be ruled so as to imitate masonry, and this was carried out on the walls (not arch mouldings) of the entrance hall, Polygon Hall and stair and is still visible. The arch mouldings of the entrance hall have a painted plaster finish on timber while those on the ground floor of the Polygon Hall are painted plaster on masonry.

Verso
full size detail of coved Cornice for Octangular part of Entrance Hall
Pen and pink wash, pencil pricked for transfer
As executed

Level

Drawing

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