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Wilderness Park (now Dorton House), near Sevenoaks, Kent, c.1811
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Reference number
SM D2/10/1
Purpose
Wilderness Park (now Dorton House), near Sevenoaks, Kent, c.1811
Aspect
[5] West front showing two-storey, seven-bay house with portico corresponding to plan of portico shown in [SM D2/10/4]
Scale
1/7 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, (verso, Dance) Plans of the Offices at Wilderness and Earl Camden
Signed and dated
- c.1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black, raw umber and sepia washes within single ruled border on wove paper (370 x 470)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
The portico in antis has four free-standing fluted Ionic columns with bases, that is, it does not have antae. Another unconventional detail is the omission of an architrave from the entablature.
Level
Drawing
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