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 D2/1/2

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[36] Plan, elevation and section

Scale

¼ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

labelled Paving of Terrace, Torus Moulding and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia and pink washes on wove paper (670 x 1010)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

J Whatman 1811

Notes

Five steps, 18 feet wide descend from a paved terrace to a platform fronted by a low wall over an arch with seven steps, 6 feet wide, either side. Dance's design uses plain surfaces relieved by bold mouldings and some rustication. Other designs that include the garden terraces are: [SM D2/1/23], in which the elevation is a simpler version of the one shown here; [SM D2/1/37] and [SM D2/1/34], which are similar to each other and both show, on plan, a platform level with the terrace and straight stairs, left and right. See also [SM D2/5/26] for full-size details of the garden terrace parapet.

National Monuments Record photographs (1953) show a (later) balustraded terrace stair looking towards the bridge and a stair with a straight flight beyond the front door. Plain terrace walls with a single bold convex moulding are probably to Dance's design.

Verso
Faint rough details of ball finials, perhaps an alternative to the urns shown on the recto
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