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Reference number
SM D1/11/40
Purpose
Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08
Aspect
[143] Survey plan of site for stables
Scale
1½ to 10 ft approximately
Inscribed
labelled Kitchen Garden, Brew House, Kitchen Courts, Road, To take this corner of the / Garden for the road in to / Stable Yard, This Place Sir George thought of / for the Stables if Mr Dance / thought it Proper, this tree Sir George gave / consent to be taken away / if necessary and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1802-08
Medium and dimensions
Brown pen, crimson wash, pencil on wove paper (390 x 485)
Hand
surveyor
Watermark
H 1808
Notes
The survey of ground on the north side of the house was made in or after 1808 (see the watermark) and shows in dotted outline the proposed site for new stables and for an access road 'if Mr Dance thought it proper'. Dance did not think it proper and pencilled in a location against the kitchen garden wall for the stables which were built there by Robert Chaplin (fl.1820-50, an architect of Ashby de la Zouch) though not until 1832. In the interim, a smaller block of stables had been built inside the kitchen garden wall. Dance moved the road slightly, indicating where the wall should be removed. Again, this was done and the road, wall and a brew house (also shown on the drawing) as well as both stables are still there. Information from Mr. J. Crocker (letter, August 1999).
Level
Drawing
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