[26] Preliminary design for alterations to the house, 1776, partly executed

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- Country houses
  - Nostell Priory, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: designs for interior decoration, alterations to the house, and buildings in the park for Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Baronet, 1765-85 (39)
    - Structural alterations: 1776-85
      - Preliminary designs for alterations to the house, 1776, partly executed (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/41

Purpose

[26] Preliminary design for alterations to the house, 1776, partly executed

Aspect

Elevation of the principal (east) front of the house, with a three-storey, thirteen-bay central block; with a balustraded hipped roof; and with a central single-storey, five-bay loggia, flanked by curved stairs; and supporting a five-bay Ionic portico and pediment, with three acroteria surmounted by sculpture. The windows on the first storey have alternating pediments and segmental pediments. The central block is flanked by three-storey, three-bay, balustraded links, and three-storey, five-bay wings with hipped roofs; and the central three bays projecting on the ground storey, supporting a three-bay Ionic portico and pediment, with three acroteria surmounted by sculpture; and with Ionic pilasters articulating the end bays. The ground storey of the entire house is rusticated

Scale

bar scale of ¾ inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the Principal or East Front of Nostel in Yorkshire, The Seat of Sir Rowland Winn and some measurements given (verso) 1

Signed and dated

01/08/1776
Adelphi August 1st 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (854 x 517)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

JWHATMAN and GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 219
Sands, 2012, Volume 1, p. 121, Volume 2, pp. 191-193
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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