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Preliminary design and record drawing for an ornamental triumphal arch and lodge in Saltram Park, 1782, as executed with alterations (2)

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The arch was designed to be visible from the north-facing windows of the dining room, and was executed as in the drawings, except with all ornamentation left out, and flat pilasters. The stucco only survives on the left-hand flanking wall; the rest is exposed red brick. According to Cornforth, it was also used as a keeper's cottage, and there is a small lodge, now roofless, behind the left-hand flanking wall. It is now known as Boringdon Arch as it has been separated from the Saltram estate by the expansion of Plympton.

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Contents of Preliminary design and record drawing for an ornamental triumphal arch and lodge in Saltram Park, 1782, as executed with alterations (2)