[19] Design for the south front of a house, 1786, unexecuted

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  - Hill House, Putney Heath, three schemes for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Bt., c1786-7, unexecuted (25)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/62

Purpose

[19] Design for the south front of a house, 1786, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay building, with a hipped roof, and the central three bays forming a semi-rotunda, surmounted by a conical roof. At the ground-storey level there is a stepped Tuscan portico, surmounted by a balustrade flanked by plinths supporting recumbent sphinxes. Within, there is a central entrance, surmounted by a fan light, and all this is flanked by balustraded, tripartite windows, surmounted by lunettes, and set behind Tuscan screens. At the first-storey level, there are balustraded aedicule windows, with third-height windows in the upper register

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

South front of a new Design for Sir Samuel Hannay Baronet proposed to be built / at the Hill near Putney Heath / Extends 82 feet / no. 11 / faint pencil inscription

Signed and dated

October 1786
Albemarle Street / 25.t Oct.r 1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (517 x 289)

Hand

Probably
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

no. 2 / Sir Samuel Hannay's house at Putney different [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _] / then from No 16 / 2 Elevations 1 Section 1 Roof 4 Ground Plans / (Modern curatorial hand, pencil) ADAM 35/62

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 80-1, 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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