[1] Design for a lodge and gateway, c.1775, unexecuted

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  - Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire: designs for a lodge and gateway for Archibald Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas, 1775, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/92

Purpose

[1] Design for a lodge and gateway, c.1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground plan, roof plan and elevation of a lodge and gateway, comprising a central pyramidal block with a rectangular base and internal apsed rooms at two ends, flanked by external walls with openings in them terminating in piers surmounted by rams. The elevation is adorned with a continuous cornice, rustication, and urns, and there is a fluted frieze with a plaque inscribed ‘BOTHWELL’ surmounted by a pedestal with a figure on it

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) For Lord Douglas at Bothwell Castle

Signed and dated

c.1775
datable to c.1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (494x613)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Verso

Preliminary design comprising a ground plan and elevation of a mausoleum, same as recto with some measurements

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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