Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

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George Dance office drawings: the drawings of George Dance the Elder and George Dance the Younger
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  - Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14 (193). Survey drawings, alternative designs, designs and working drawings for alterations and additions, including the modelling of the principal front, a new staircase and for a garden bridge, for 3rd Earl Ashburnham

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Reference number

SM D2/1/16

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[16] (Design H) Elevation of E (principal) front

Scale

¼ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Ashburnham Place (in pencil) and dimensions given including Whole Extent 178^Ft..7½ⁱⁿ

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, raw umber and green earth washes, shaded, pencil, within triple ruled and wash border (top and bottom) on laid paper, two sheets joined (610 x 1195)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

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

Notes

The drawing is unfinished (with, for example, most of the labels and balconies not drawn in) and has many erasures. The rhythm of turrets with bays (now T3 T2 T1 T3 T1 T2 T3 T) is that of subsequent (including the executed) designs. An arched corbel-table frieze with half-paterae appears for the first time and is maintained. The turret terminations use the motif of an arched corbel-table with half-paterae, here under quatrefoil-pierced 'walls' to make miniature polygonal castles that support the Ashburnham crest; similar terminations are used in [SM D2/1/14] and [SM D2/1/17].

The three variant designs deal differently with the raised parapet on the centre five bays and with details of the porte-cochere. Here the raised parapet is ornamented with festoons and the porte-cochere has a frieze of quatrefoil ornaments and (as with [SM D2/1/14] crocketed, conical pinnacles to the buttresses.

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Drawing

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