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 D2/1/17

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[19] Elevation of E (principal) front and section of E wall

Scale

¼ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

some dimensions given including 178^Ft..7½^ins and (verso, Dance) Front Elevations first thoughts

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes, shaded, pencil on wove paper, one strip added (530 x 1215)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

J Whatman (cut)

Notes

The raised centre parapet is here given a vertically stretched arched corbel-table frieze. The porte-cochere has a frieze of half-patera decoration and the turret pinnacles are a single storey version, as it were, of the main turret pinnacles that here are similar to those in [SM D2/1/16] and [SM D2/1/14] except that the upper storeys are pierced and thus more lantern-like.

Verso
Plan, front and side elevation of a Greek Doric portico six columns wide, not finished
Scale ¼ Inch to th Foot
Inscribed: as above and dimensions given
Pen
Close to [SM D2/1/5]

Level

Drawing

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