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
- Country Houses (31)
  - 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 D2/2/13

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[38] Half-plan and elevation of octagonal plinth, elevation and profile of elaborate pinnacle related to Design H ([SM D2/1/16], [SM D2/1/39], [SM D2/1/14], [SM D2/1/17]), rough perspective of details, and rough plan and perspective of bust on pedestal in niche

Scale

2 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

labelled Top of present Stone Plinth in front of the house (twice), Surface of Pavement in front of the house (twice), (faint pencil) Chimney piece in / Staircase [?] / Spiller's Columns Portico / B [illegible] King in Theatre, dimensions given and calculations and (verso, Dance) Ashburnham / Staircase (indicating that drawing was once re-used as a cover sheet)

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil on wove paper (1005 x 675)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

Edmeads & Co 1804

Notes

The design is for an octagonal turret with a four-stage termination that is a summary of the decorative details for the east front (Design H), for example, pierced parapet, arched corbel-table frieze with half-paterae and (label)-stops.

'Spiller's' probably refers to Robert Spiller (fl.1794-1827), a master mason and carver who did other work for Dance. There are bills for work by Robert Spiller among the Ashburnham Papers (ASH 2814, 2845, 2852). For a note on Spiller, see Appendix 4.

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Drawing

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