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 D1/1/27

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[24] Plan of principal floor showing beams and small part of old building

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Center line of new Dining room, labelled Hot air, Smoke, Flue of / Steward's / room, new / flue / to be built (pencil, Carter) Library, Drawing Room, dimensions given and (verso, pencil, Carter) Plan of new Building / Library & West End

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Black and brown pen, pink and sepia washes, pencil, hatching, pricked for transfer on laid paper, two sheets joined (730 x 1115)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

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

Notes

Internally, an apsidal north end is sketched in on the library plan, the west wall of the breakfast room is amended so that it has a gentle segmental curve and a faint compass line indicates a semicircular north end to the Hall of Communication. The heating system with hot air and smoke ducts is shown in the Hall of Communication with arrows indicating direction and heat outlets numbered 1 to 10. The length of the east wing is 84 feet 10 inches.

Level

Drawing

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