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Wilderness Park (now Dorton House), near Sevenoaks, Kent, c.1811
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Reference number
SM D2/10/3
Purpose
Wilderness Park (now Dorton House), near Sevenoaks, Kent, c.1811
Aspect
[8] Plan of One Pair Story of Wilderness
Scale
1/7 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
as above, rooms labelled and (verso, Dance) Wilderness Earl Camden and (office) Mr Dance's / Last Plan
Signed and dated
- c.1811
Medium and dimensions
Pen, black, sepia, crimson and green earth washes, within single ruled border, pricked for transfer on laid paper (655 x 980)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatman
Notes
Five bedrooms and dressing rooms have been provided as well as six bedrooms for the servants in an additional floor above the office wing. It seems likely that a new second storey was planned for the house.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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