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 D2/4/6

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[40] Half-plan, half-elevation and half-section, rough alternative details of top to finial and rough part-elevation

Scale

Scale One Inch to the Foot

Inscribed

as above, Top line of coping (twice) and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, pink and blue washes, pencil on laid paper (540 x 375)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

Edmeads and Pine

Notes

The turret is 4 feet wide and has an inverted cupped patera or 'bell' termination with vase and flowered ball finial. Bernasconi's bill for 1813-14 included '8 Vases with Pedestals which [sic] top / forming a Globe of Roses 33" high 18" diameter' (ASH 2809). [SM D2/2/12] is the full-size detail for the vase. The design is close to another executed design for the London gate at Stratton Park ([SM D1/8/18]) and both can be considered Indian, that is, they are based on the kalasha (vase) ornament found in Hindu temples.

For Dance's use of Indian architectural elements see the note on the Guildhall, London.

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Drawing

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