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 D2/5/31

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[88] (Intermediate Design B: Doric) Plan at ground and first floor levels, longitudinal section of the stair and elevation of ground floor and gallery, not finished, and rough details of balustrade.

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

steps numbered 1 to 14, 15 to 17, and 18 to 31, dimensions given and calculations

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Black and red pen, Indian red, green earth, raw umber, sepia and yellow washes, pencil, partly pricked for transfer on wove paper (990 x 660)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

E&P 1801

Notes

The drawing has many erasures and is not finished. However, the twin, circular stoves, 2 feet 4 inches in diameter and bollard-like in form, are carefully rendered in blue and sepia washes. They were the cause (or perhaps the pretext) for Lord Ashburnham's falling out with Dance. In his letter of 5 May 1817, with which was enclosed his final account, Dance wrote 'My Lord ... with regard to the two Cast / Iron Stoves which were placed in the principal Staircase / I can only now lament that they did not meet with / your approbation but as they are now removed and / not charged in this account I am ready and willing / to defray the expence of them taking care that your Lordship / shall have no further trouble about them' (ASH 2895).

Robert Spiller's mason's accounts of 23-28 May 1814 itemise 'removing Stove and flews in Staircase' (ASH 2814) and must refer to the old stove and flues. Bernasconi's accounts for 'Plasterers Work ... in 1817' includes 'Taking off Stucco from Arch and Walls over Stoves in Grand Staircase and making good Moldings to Ditto' (ASH 2847).

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Drawing

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