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Reference number

SM D2/11/7

Purpose

Combe Bank, near Sundridge, Kent, c.1813

Aspect

[1] First floor plan

Scale

1/10 in to 1 ft approximately

Inscribed

One pair Floor and No1

Signed and dated

  • c.1813

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pink wash, pencil, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper (310 x 440)

Hand

Dance

Notes

The plan (washed in pink) shows Combe Bank without the post-Roger Morris additions and also without his north stair tower shown in Vitruvius Britannicus (IV, pl.75). This is because Dance has removed it and put a three-bay extension between the corner towers that he matches on the south side with another; over the projecting Great Hall on the west side Dance has added a first floor. Two stairs are placed in the centre of the building; 11 beds are drawn in to indicate 11 bedrooms and there is one water closet.

Level

Drawing

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