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Combe Bank, near Sundridge, Kent, c.1813
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Reference number
SM D2/11/9
Purpose
Combe Bank, near Sundridge, Kent, c.1813
Aspect
[3] Attic floor plan
Scale
1/10 in to 1 ft approximately
Inscribed
Garretts, No3 and (faint pencil) East and West
Signed and dated
- c.1813
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pink and green earth washes, pencil, pricked for transfer on thin wove paper (300 x 475)
Hand
Dance
Notes
The garrets on the third floor are contained within the body of the building including the four corner towers so that they look down on the roofs of the three projecting bays with gabled roofs washed in green.
Since Dance seems to be using information derived from the plates of Vitruvius Britannicus (IV, pls.75-7) and not the more up-to-date evidence of Basire's prints, [SM D2/11/7], [SM D2/11/8] and [SM D2/11/9] must represent an early scheme in which he relocates the stair, adds north and south extensions between the towers and inserts a second floor.
Since Dance seems to be using information derived from the plates of Vitruvius Britannicus (IV, pls.75-7) and not the more up-to-date evidence of Basire's prints, [SM D2/11/7], [SM D2/11/8] and [SM D2/11/9] must represent an early scheme in which he relocates the stair, adds north and south extensions between the towers and inserts a second floor.
Level
Drawing
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