Alternative preliminary design and finished drawings for a gate and lodges on Batchworth Heath, 1763, drawing 11 executed with minor alterations (3)

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Alternative preliminary design and finished drawings for a gate and lodges on Batchworth Heath, 1763, drawing 11 executed with minor alterations (3)

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These drawings show alternative designs for an entrance screen - a gateway flanked by lodges. The executed design is closest to Adam volume 51/47, and it remains in situ on Batchworth Lane. A working drawing similar to Adam volume 51/47 was sold at Sotheby's in 1987. Adam charged £6.6s. for this design.

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