[11] Record copy of external details, Base of pilasters and columns, 10 June 1786

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  - Chillington Hall, Staffordshire: (executed) alterations and additions, (unexecuted) chapel, for Thomas Giffard, 1785-1790 (25)
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Reference number

SM volume 41/76 recto

Purpose

[11] Record copy of external details, Base of pilasters and columns, 10 June 1786

Aspect

Base of the Pilasters & Columns of the Ionic portico

Scale

1/6 of the full Size

Inscribed

as above, NB The Pilasters are 2' 10½" on the front to be undiminished [without entasis] / The Columns are to diminish from the Base to the Capital, No Plinths and dimensions given

Signed and dated

10 June 1786
June 10^th1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil on laid paper (364 x 244) bound into 'Precedents in Architecture' SM volume 41

Hand

Pupil 1786-91 John McDonnell, draughtsman
John McDonnell (1770- , pupil 18 March 1786-91)

Watermark

fleur-de-lis

Notes

The note as to diminished columns but undiminished pilasters follows the general convention. 'No plinths' were required since the portico rested on a perron (platform) with steps. Again, recent photographs of the house suggest that the details are as executed.

Level

Drawing

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