Chatsworth House, Jones designs
These measurements for the carpenters are inscribed on the recto of a design for a
detail of the Palace by
Inigo Jones
, in the bottom right hand corner. Above the inscription a scale has been drawn with
compasses above.
| The heyght of the middell space | 9 foot |
| The breadth is | 5 foot |
| The heygt of the spaces on the side | 8 foot |
| The breadth is | 4 foot |
| The breadth of the Pillasters is | 1 foot 4ynches |
| The fascia is | 6 6ynches |
| The heygt of the Tearmes | 4 foot 1ynch |
| The heyght of the frontispice that that [sic] near hole | is 3 foot |
| The heygt of the second pillors | 7foot |
| the heyg of the freec with battel ⎡ment⎤ | 1foot |
| The heyght of the pedistal under the windowe is | 1foot 6ynches |
| The heyg for the window within the Breadth | 1foot 5ynches |
| The facia about the window | 3ynches |
| The heygh of the Tour to the batelmentes is | 11 foot |
| The bace of the finishige | 4ynches |
| The Cartuses | 9 ynches |
| The Rest of the finishing | 2fo 7ynches |
| The basement of the Cupola from the Top of the Batelments to the Cornish | 2foot 5ynches |
| The Cornish | 6ynches |
| The Cupola in Diameter | 5foot |
| The heygt of that roof | 3foot 9ynches |
| The finishing | 1 8ynches |
| The Diamiter of the Tours |
2foot |
Bibliography
Orgel and Strong, 1.219