[8] Designs for the principal front and ground storey of a house, 1783

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  - Cobham (possibly The Mount), Surrey, variant designs for a house and additions for William Saltonstall, 1782-3, unexecuted (9)
    - Designs for the principal front, ground and first storeys of a house, 1783, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/50

Purpose

[8] Designs for the principal front and ground storey of a house, 1783

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building with a hipped roof and the central three bays projecting. At the ground-storey level there is a stepped, Ionic portico entrance flanked by narrow windows, and the portico has a frieze of rosettes. At the first-storey level there is a balustraded, three-quarter-height window flanked by balustraded narrow windows. The central three bays are surmounted by a pediment supporting acroteria, and are flanked by full-height windows at the ground-storey level, and three-quarter-height windows at the first-storey level Below- Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with a stepped, portico entrance to the south. The entrance links to an irregularly-shaped hall, and to the east and west of the hall there are apsidal rooms with bow windows. To the north of the hall there is a square space which links to a further irregularly-shaped space, and there is a staircase beyond. To the rear of the building there is a T-shaped block, with a rectangular block to the north

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of a House for William Saltonstall Esq.r / Parlor Story and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

May 1783
17.th May. 1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (283 x 473)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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