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Reference number
SM D2/4/15
Purpose
Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14
Aspect
[69] Elevation and section of porte-cochere with a square window above a three-centred window with hood-mould and stops; alternative details of frieze, and full size details of coping and frieze (the same as [SM D2/2/3]
Scale
½ in to 1 ft and full size
Inscribed
dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1813-14
Medium and dimensions
Pen, raw umber and pink washes, pencil on wove paper (635 x 905)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
J Whatman 1811
Notes
The frieze consists of shields alternating with quatrefoil and rosette in square panels with alternative frieze detail of shields alternating with quatrefoil in lozenge within a square. The neck between buttress and capping has square, foliated rosettes on each of its eight faces. See also [SM D2/3/36] for full-size details of the square window.
Verso
full size elevation and profiles of lozenge with four circles and square foliated rosette ornament set in a square panel
Black and red pen, sepia and pink washes, pencil
Showing one and a half units of the repeating design, this could be for the balconies of the first floor (three units) or the pierced parapet above the centre five bays of the principal front (three and four units)
Verso
full size elevation and profiles of lozenge with four circles and square foliated rosette ornament set in a square panel
Black and red pen, sepia and pink washes, pencil
Showing one and a half units of the repeating design, this could be for the balconies of the first floor (three units) or the pierced parapet above the centre five bays of the principal front (three and four units)
Level
Drawing
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