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 D2/3/49

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[106] Plan and section of lantern and rough detail

Scale

½ in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Lantern over / principal Stairs, Lord Ashburnham labelled Inside of the upper Curb, Inside of the lower Curb, Upper Curb, Lower Plate or Curb, dimensions given including Diameter 18^Ft 0ⁱⁿ, Radius of upper Curb or Plate / 8^Ft..6ⁱⁿ and Radius of lower Curb / 9^Ft..0ⁱⁿ and (verso, Dance) Lord Ashburnham / Lantern over principal Stairs

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil on wove paper (680 x 510)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

J Whatman 1811

Notes

The lantern was 7 feet high and had a bottom diameter of 18 feet and a top diameter of 17 feet so that it inclined by one foot.

Level

Drawing

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