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 D2/1/11

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[23] First floor plan of N side and N elevation

Scale

1/8 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

rooms labelled on plan including Bed room over / Billiard room, Ladies dressing room, Gentlemans Dressing Rm, Bed room / over Drawing room, new passage, Part of new / Staircase, Upper part of Great Hall and (verso, Dance) Ashburnham

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia wash, pencil on laid paper (510 x 660)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

D & C Blauw IV

Notes

The elevation shows a three-storey, eight-bay front that includes the new northeast corner link. The three-bay front of the new dining room and the dressing rooms above has an elevational treatment that recalls Dance's three-part window designs for 6 St James's Square. Here, three tall, narrow windows at ground and first floor levels share 'mullions' and are separated by a minimal fascia. They are 'stopped' by plain square attic windows. The resulting elevational treatment seems shop-like and modern.

Level

Drawing

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