Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
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  - Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08 (170). Builder's letter, survey drawings, alternative designs, record drawing, preliminary design, design and working drawings for Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet

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Reference number

SM D1/12/56

Purpose

Coleorton, Leicestershire, 1802-08

Aspect

[162] Section of partition

Scale

1 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

(neat sloping office hand) Plan of Girders / and Quarter Partitions, labelled (carpenter) Girder to Roof, Girder to Floor, Cieling Line (twice) and dimensions given including (detail) 2¼ by 1..2

Signed and dated

1802-08

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil on laid paper (850 x 670)

Hand

carpenter? (see [SM D1/12/58])

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV and D&CBxX in cartouche surmounted by fleur-de-lis

Notes

Verso
Elevation/section, sections and details of composite beam
Scale: 1 in to 1 ft and full size
Inscribed: Girder in the Center Flitches of D^o..24^FT..4^ins Long 1^Ft..2^ins wide 2¼^ins thick, labelled Thickness of Floor, Line of Cieling and dimensions given
Pen and yellow wash
David Yeomans (correspondence, 2 August 2001) wrote of the composite beam design 'This is the strangest thing that I have ever seen and there are some puzzles. What strikes me first is that it would be more obvious to make up something symmetrical ....' The unnecessary complexity of the design where, for example, 'the use of timbers 2¼ inches wide making the beam less than 7 x 14 inches when it should have been possible to find a timber that size' is not due to Dance since drawings [SM D1/12/58], [SM D1/12/59], [SM D1/12/57], [SM D1/12/60], [SM D1/12/56] and [SM D1/12/40] are not in his hand and are assumed to have been made by a carpenter.

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Drawing

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