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Reference number

SM D2/11/3

Purpose

Combe Bank, near Sundridge, Kent, c.1813

Aspect

[7] Plan of the Basement Floor at Combank and (flier) amended design of porte-cochere

Scale

1/10 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above, 3, North, South, East and West and rooms labelled including Housekeeper's Room, Butler's Pantry, Servants Hall, Sub Hall, Plate Room, Wine Cellar (twice), Still Room, Ale Cellar, Rooms & Places mark'd A are all Vaulted with Brick, (pencil) No.18 Risers from Lobby to back of Principal Floor / 18 x 6in=9Ft
Signed: Js Basire sculp

Signed and dated

  • c.1813

Medium and dimensions

Red pen and pink washes and pencil added, pricked for transfer on wove paper (340 x 485, flier 95 x 100)

Hand

Dance

Notes

Basire's plan shows Robert Adam's additions (see note to [SM D2/11/2]). Dance has inserted a three-bay entrance hall in the courtyard between Adam's pavilions to the northwest and northeast and drawn in a plan of the porte-cochere and then revised its design on a flier.

Level

Drawing

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