[55] Presentation drawing showing an alternative design for a second addition, Elevation front to lawn, 15 October 1789

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  - Bentley Priory, Harrow, London: (executed) two additions, outbuildings and an entrance hall addition for John James Hamilton, later 9th Earl, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, 1788-1799, 1805 (178)
    - Presentation drawings showing alternative designs for a second addition, 15 October 1789 (4)

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Reference number

SM volume 59/83

Purpose

[55] Presentation drawing showing an alternative design for a second addition, Elevation front to lawn, 15 October 1789

Aspect

Elevation of the Front to the Lawn / at Bentley Priory

Scale

bar scale of 1/14 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

as above, The Earl of Abercorn

Signed and dated

15 October 1789
Welbeck Street Oct^r15^th1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and grey and sepia washes within a single-ruled and pink wash border on laid paper (473 x 292)

Hand

Attributed to Sanders, John (1768--1826) - Library - Catalogs, draughtsman
attributed to John Sanders (1768 - , pupil 1784-90)

Watermark

sheet pasted down

Notes

Drawings 54 and 55 were presented with drawing 52 on 16 October and show the same design. The south front that faces the lawn has a raised projecting Ionic portico surmounted by a balustraded parapet centred between three bays on a three-storey elevation, with pedimented single-storey end bays attached at both ends. The pedimented ends have Doric columns in antis. The tribune entrance is inside the portico and between apsidal alcoves. The elevation is bisected by a heavy string course over the ground floor. A bracketed cornice crowns the third floor beneath the hipped roof. This design does not allow for a lantern over the round picture room.

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