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 D2/6/1

Purpose

Ashburnham Place, Sussex, 1813-14

Aspect

[175] Plan and elevation (Design A) set in a landscape with flier showing revised design (Design B)

Scale

1/8 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Plan Signed: GD Dated: March 1813

Signed and dated

1813-14

Medium and dimensions

Watercolour technique, pen, sepia washes, pencil on wove paper (390 x 530, cut-out to shape)

Hand

Dance

Notes

Judging by the date of this presentation drawing, the new bridge was a priority for client and architect. The plan and first elevation (underneath the cut-out) show a bridge with a semicircular, voissoired arch 20 feet wide, rusticated stonework and low buttresses, circular on plan; the effect is pinched. Retaining the plan (drawn as if on a scroll) and the background with trees, water and (unusually) figures, Dance drew another elevation which was then cut out and glued over the earlier one. This shows an elliptical moulded arch, ashlar stonework and octagonal buttresses that rise above the coping and end in pyramidal caps with finials. The result is serene and distinguished.

REPRODUCED. Stroud fig.72b (the second design).

Level

Drawing

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