Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
- Country Houses (31)
  - Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07 (186). Survey drawings, preliminary designs, presentation design not as executed, revised design and working drawings for reconstruction for Sir Francis Baring Bart

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Reference number

SM D1/1/36

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[20] Plan of ground floor, showing timber beams and joists of floor above superimposed over cellar floor, section N/S through cellars, ground floor and floor of principal storey, and section through N end of Hall of Communication

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

labelled including Recess for Bog Pipe, dimensions given and (verso, Dance) Plans of the House / The different Stories Floor to a larger scale

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pink, raw umber and sepia washes, pencil pricked for transfer on laid paper, two sheets joined (935 x 1120)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

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

Notes

The window lighting the north end of the room below the drawing room is not shown, that is, an uninterrupted masonry wall is drawn through a window 5 feet wide is pencilled in. The length of the east wing is marked 82 feet 3 inches with a return of 1 foot 6 inches; further plans ([SM D1/1/37], [SM D1/1/25] and [SM D1/1/26]) have a length of 84 feet 10 inches. The floor-to-ceiling height of the barrel-vaulted cellars is 8 feet 4½ inches and of the ground floor, 9 feet.

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