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Wilderness Park (now Dorton House), near Sevenoaks, Kent, c.1811
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Reference number
SM D2/10/2
Purpose
Wilderness Park (now Dorton House), near Sevenoaks, Kent, c.1811
Aspect
[7] Plan of the Ground Floor of Wilderness, shewing the / proposed additions & alterations
Scale
1/7 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, rooms labelled including (house) Hall, Lords Study, Anti Room, Dining Room, Breakfast Room, (office wing) Washouse, Laundry, Servants Hall, Butler, Butlers Bed Room, Plate Closet, Maid Servant, Dressing Room (adjacent to 'Lords Study'), Steward & Housekeeper's / Room, Store Room, Kitchen, Scullery, Larders / & / Pantries, Office Court, Area and Court for Wood Coals &c and dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c.1811
Medium and dimensions
Black and blue pen, black, sepia and raw umber, olive green, crimson, blue and Indian red washes, blue pen and cerulean blue washes for revisions, pencil, pricked for transfer on laid paper (655 x 980)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
This is close to Design D as regards the house. The offices are somewhat reduced so that, for example, the servants hall and steward's room of the previous design have been omitted but a Covered Way in the court has been introduced as well as a screen wall between the house and stables that hides the offices. Dance proposes a Gravel Walk between the east side of the house and the Garden and a Shrubbery either side of a gravelled way to the stables.
Level
Drawing
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