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 D2/4/13

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[59] Plan, front elevation, unfinished front elevation, section with semicircular-headed window to the ground, unfinished section with shorter window, and detail of parapet

Scale

¼ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

(faint pencil) Drawing of Base / Do Mouldings and dimensions given

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, sepia, blue and pink washes, pencil on wove paper (645 x 680)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

J Whatman 1811

Notes

The quatrefoil frieze and the crocketed pinnacles relate this drawing to Design H ([SM D2/1/16]) or festoons on one pinnacle to Design H ([SM D2/1/14]).

See also [SM D2/4/3] for a perspective of a similar design.

Verso
Unfinished part-elevation of N front and rough detail of Sofite under Stone Facia / over external front of / great Dining Room / window
Pencil, pen

Level

Drawing

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