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
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Reference number

SM D1/1/4

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[32] Elevation of the two E bays of the S front

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

labelled Floor (three times), Ceiling (three times), Pavement of Cellar, (pencil, Carter) Ground, Plinth, dimensions given and (verso, Carter?) Elevation of part of / New Building

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Pen, Indian red wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (770 x 555)

Hand

Dance, carter

Watermark

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

Notes

Details that differ from the executed design (shown in Stroud pl.64b; National Monuments Record photographs, 1951) include the omission of roundels on the blocking course and of the lattice-fronted balcony on four brackets emphasising the first floor southeast window. Indian red wash is used for the French and casement windows, presumably indicating hardwood. Of these C. R. Cockerell reported that 'The sashes are all french against which they complain that they do not keep out the wet tho ever so well contrived. Also you cannot proportion the admission of air' (J. Harris, 'C. R. Cockerell's "Ichnographia Domestica"', Architectural History, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, XIV, 1971, p.26).

The use of French windows in Britain goes back to the early 17th century when, for example, John Smythson (died 1634) made a design for a room in the Little Castle, Bolsover Castle that included a 'Frenche / wyndowe' (RIBA Drawings Collection, SMY III/2). They came into more general use from the 1780s or '90s. At Stratton, the first floor windows are 11 feet 7¾ inches by 5 feet wide, those below, 8 feet 5½ inches by 4 feet 3 inches. The cornice below the attic (windows 5 feet 5½ inches by 4 feet 3 inches) is supported on brackets.

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