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Design by an unidentified architect for an unidentified six-part villa in a Classical style, 65 by 65 feet, the basis for variant designs by Dance
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Reference number
SM D2/8/27
Purpose
Design by an unidentified architect for an unidentified six-part villa in a Classical style, 65 by 65 feet, the basis for variant designs by Dance
Aspect
[3] Elevation of principal front of house with pedimented portico supported on two pairs of Ionic columns, and part of office wing
Scale
1/5 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
No9 Elevation of the West front, labelled floor (three times), floor line (twice), Extends 66..1 line of Plinth and some dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pricked for transfer on wove paper (355 x 530)
Hand
unidentified architect
Watermark
A Stace 1801
Notes
The distinctive Ionic order with fluted neck shown here was employed, for example, by Robert Adam for the Ionic portico at Osterley Park, 1763 and by Henry Holland at Broadlands, 1788-92. Soane used the same order for the giant pilasters between Wyatt windows in the designs for Shotesham (then Shottisham) published in his Plans, elevations & sections of buildings executed in Norfolk ... (1788, plates 1 and 2). The source is perhaps the Erechtheion engraved in J. Stuart and N. Revett's Antiquities of Athens (volume II, 1787), chapter II, plate V) except that fluting has been substituted for the original palmettes and anthemia of the neckband. Dance roughed in a similar fluted detail for the Ionic screen in the entrance hall at Stratton Park [SM D1/2/25].
This elevation seems to be related to, for example, [SM D2/8/37] for an identified six-part villa in a Classical style by Dance. In particular, both are of two storeys and three bays, have a low hipped roof and three-part windows on the ground floor.
This elevation seems to be related to, for example, [SM D2/8/37] for an identified six-part villa in a Classical style by Dance. In particular, both are of two storeys and three bays, have a low hipped roof and three-part windows on the ground floor.
Level
Drawing
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