[32] Finished drawing for the section of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, executed in part

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  - Bridewell, Edinburgh: designs for a group of prison buildings, 1790-91, executed in part (32)
    - Variant design for a castle-style bridewell scheme, 1791, executed in part (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/30

Purpose

[32] Finished drawing for the section of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, executed in part

Aspect

Axial section from north to south showing a group of prison buildings. At the north end is a two-storey lodge with a pitched roof, connected to the governor’s house by a single-storey wall. The governor’s house is three storeys over a basement with a curved perron staircase to the front. The house connects directly with the main prison building, comprising a stairwell, curved inspection tower with windows looking onto the cells, pews for the chapel, and a series of individual arched cell openings with rooms beyond. To the north of this building is a single-storey inspection lodge with a wall bounding one of the yards

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from South to North, through the Lodge at the Gate, the Governours[sic] house, the Inspection room, the Chapel & part of the working / cells & passage between them and the sleeping cells, The inspection lodge to the yards & the sunk passage leading to them. / (verso) with small fronts / [_]tions finish

Signed and dated

1791
Rob^t Adam Architect 1791.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured wash including lemon yellow and pink on laid paper within a ruled border (445x456)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 56-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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