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Reference number
SM D2/8/16
Purpose
Lowther Castle, Westmorland?
Aspect
[1] Plans and perspectives for four Castle style designs and two perspectives for Classical designs
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
plans lettered and with key to rooms
Medium and dimensions
Pen sepia wash, pencil on thin wove paper (400 x 275)
Notes
The Castle style designs are for a large, asymmetrical house with a south or south and east aspect added to existing offices (not shown) to the north and west.
Kalman in his review of Stroud's book on George Dance (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XXXI, No.2, May 1972, pp.154-5) wrote that this drawing 'is not for Lowther Castle'.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.71c (where attributed to Dance).
Kalman in his review of Stroud's book on George Dance (Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, XXXI, No.2, May 1972, pp.154-5) wrote that this drawing 'is not for Lowther Castle'.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.71c (where attributed to Dance).
Level
Drawing
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