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Reference number
SM D2/5/16
Purpose
Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14
Aspect
[89] Perspective/cross-section with square-headed openings at upper level of ground floor
Scale
½ in to 1 ft
Inscribed
Great Hall of Entrance, dimensions given and calculations
Signed and dated
- 1813-14
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia, Indian red and raw umber washes, pencil on wove paper (980 x 660)
Hand
Dance
Watermark
E&P 1801
Notes
This differs from Design A ([SM D2/5/17]), for example, in the use of single Doric columns and the three semicircular-headed arched openings at second floor level roughed in on [SM D2/5/17] are now full drawn out; the decorated frieze has gone.
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.73a
Verso
Rough perspective of a five-bay single-cell chapel (or mausoleum) with a pedimented portico and a colonnade at right-angles to the S side at the E end
Pencil
There was no chapel at Ashburnham Place. The Ashburnham family worshipped and were laid to rest in the nearby parish church of St Peter rebuilt by John Ashburnham (died 1671).
REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.73a
Verso
Rough perspective of a five-bay single-cell chapel (or mausoleum) with a pedimented portico and a colonnade at right-angles to the S side at the E end
Pencil
There was no chapel at Ashburnham Place. The Ashburnham family worshipped and were laid to rest in the nearby parish church of St Peter rebuilt by John Ashburnham (died 1671).
Level
Drawing
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