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Reference number

SM D2/8/18

Purpose

J. T. Parkinson (fl.1810-40s): Langdown House, near Hythe, Hampshire 1817

Aspect

[1] Front elevation as existing, and flier showing proposed design

Scale

1/10 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

Geoe Tate Esqre / Langdown, Present Elevation of Plan No1 and (flier) Elevation as proposed in Plan No1
Signed: J T Parkinson
Dated: March 1817

Signed and dated

  • 1817

Medium and dimensions

Pen, cream, burnt umber, Payne's gray and dark green washes, pencil on wove paper (260 x 370)

Hand

J. T. Parkinson

Notes

The elevation corresponds, more or less, to what is shown of the existing building in Dance's proposals for remodelling [SM D2/8/9]. The flier indicates Parkinson's conservative but seemly proposal to regularise the front so that the existing, old-fashioned link bay between the house and offices on the left is rebuilt to match the more up-to-date, two-storey wing on the right. He also adds a fluted Doric porch and balustraded roof parapet to the three-bay centre and a matching slate roof to replace the earlier tiled roof.

For George Dance's alternative designs for remodelling, c.1817 see Langdown House.

Level

Drawing

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