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 D1/3/18

Purpose

Stratton Park, Hampshire, 1803-07

Aspect

[149] Record plan and laid-out wall elevations

Scale

1/6 in to 1 ft approximately

Inscribed

Rough Sketch of Drawing Room Stratton, labelled Line of Floor, Line of Ceiling and Frieze & Cornice, dimensions given and notes on dimensions, and (verso, Dance) Drawing room Piers / Dimensions

Signed and dated

1803-07

Medium and dimensions

Brown pen and burnt umber wash, pencil on buff laid paper (695 x 590)

Hand

Carter, Dance

Notes

Carter's plan shows a room 37 feet 6 inches by 23 feet 7½ inches with three windows facing east and another in the north wall and doors in the west and south walls. Carter's notes on the dimensions of plinth, architrave and pilasters show that these were in place and thus the drawing made when the room was finished or nearly so. National Monuments Record photographs (1951) show that the doorcases and chimney-piece were replaced but the frieze-cornice decorated with rinceau, vase and fruit motifs survived until demolition.

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Drawing

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