A survey plan of Burghley House and its grounds

People:

John Haynes (draughtsman)
Brownlow Cecil, Earl of Exeter (client)
George London (nurseryman)
John Haynes (surveyor)
Moses Cook (nurseryman)
Lancelot Brown (landscape architect)
George London (landscape architect)
Moses Cook (landscape architect)

Title:

A survey plan of Burghley House and its grounds

Date:

1755

Description:

- DR1985:0414 presents a topographical survey of the country estate (Burghley House) of Lord Exeter -- including the main house, outbuildings, gardens, terraces, courts, canals, ponds, parterres, bosquets, rond-points, and tree-lined allées -- as it existed in 1755. Each feature of the grounds and park (along with its dimensions) is itemized in a legend entitled "Explanations".

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 drawing(s)

Stage and Purpose:

measured drawing
record drawing
topographic survey

Technique and media:

Pen and black ink

Dimensions:

sheet (with small tab u.c. 2.0 x 3.9 cm): 44.5 x 52.4 cm (17 1/2 x 20 5/8 in.)

Reference number:

DR1985:0414

Drawing Type:

rendering

Method of Projection:

plan (drawing)
site plan

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Old fold in centre, t. to b.; small tab u.c.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an eighteenth-century hand ? in pen and brown ink, u.l.: "No.8 [circled]" inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, u.l.: "An Accurate Survey / of the / House, Pleasure Ground & Park / at Burghley in / Northamptonshire the Seat of the / Right Hon.ble Brownlow Cecil / EARL of EXETER / Survey'd by J. Haynes / in 1755" inscribed - by the same hand as "No.8", in pen and brown ink, u.l. (below title): "before Mr. Browns works." inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink: labelled throughout inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, l.r.: a legend, with dimensions, keyed alphabetically to the plan

Subject:

landscape architecture
topographic

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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