[15] Design for the principal front of a building, 1766, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/31

Purpose

[15] Design for the principal front of a building, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of the principal front of a three-storey, thirteen-bay building with a hipped roof and rustication on the ground storey. The central five-bays contain a pedimented, Ionic portico supporting acroteria and this is raised up on an arcade with balustraded windows on the first storey. On the ground storey there is a semi-circular-headed entrance set within the arcade and this is flanked by semi-circular-headed windows. Beyond this there are three-quarter-height windows. On the first storey there is a string course and full-height windows. In the upper register there is a guilloche string course and quarter-height windows. The principal building is flanked by single-storey, curved link building with entrances and windows set within relieving arches. The link on the left-hand side is rusticated. The links connect to two-storey, five-bay buildings with a hipped roof, and the left-hand building has rustication on the ground storey. The pedimented central three bays of the buildings are projecting and contain semi-circular-headed windows set within relieving arches on the ground storey. On the first storey there is a string course and three-quarter-height windows

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the Principal Front of a New Design for Luton Park in Bedfordshire one of the seats of The Right Hon.ble the Earl of Bute / Extends in all 350 feet

Signed and dated

December 1766
27 December 1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (760 x 519)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi or William Hamilton

Verso

Luton Park for the Earl of (cropped) 1 Elevation 2 Plan (cropped)

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
Russell, 1992, pp. 44-47
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 85, 131
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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