[10] Design for an axial section through a house and stables, 1777, as executed

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  - Langside or Aikenhead House, Glasgow: designs for a house and stable offices for Thomas Brown, 1777, as executed (10)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/22

Purpose

[10] Design for an axial section through a house and stables, 1777, as executed

Aspect

Axial section through a house and elevation of the adjoining stable offices. The house is two-storeys with a basement and garret level. There is a staircase leading to all floors and the basement is vaulted. A projecting porch adjoins the curved corridor links which are arcaded. The stable offices are three-bays wide, with single-bay pedimented pavilions at each end. The elevation is adorned with continuous string coursing, square-headed windows, and oculi

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from South to North of Aikenhead House shewing the circular Corridors & Front of the Offices / (and in the hand of William Adam) for Thomas Brown Esq^r~ with some dimensions

Signed and dated

6/3/1777
Adelphi March 6^& 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (506x314)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 1
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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