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  - Knowsley Park, Lancashire: unexecuted designs for a lodge, and alterations and additions to the house, and executed designs for a dairy, for the 12th Earl of Derby, 1776-77 (9)

Alternative preliminary design, design and finished drawings for a gateway and lodges, 1776-77, unexecuted (3)

1776-77

Adam made alternative designs for the entrance to Knowsley Park in 1776-77. One is in the castle style, and the other is classical, being similar to that designs for Harewood House, Yorkshire (Adam volume 35/22). Neither was executed.

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Knowsley Park, Lancashire: unexecuted designs for a lodge, and alterations and additions to the house, and executed designs for a dairy, for the 12th Earl of Derby, 1776-77 (9)

[7] Preliminary design giving a plan and elevation for a gateway and lodges, 1776-77, unexecuted

datable to June 1776

Robert Adam

SM Adam volume 21/143

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Knowsley Park, Lancashire: unexecuted designs for a lodge, and alterations and additions to the house, and executed designs for a dairy, for the 12th Earl of Derby, 1776-77 (9)

[8] Design giving a plan and elevation for a gateway and lodges house, 1776, unexecuted

Adelphi June 22d. 1776

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

SM Adam volume 51/76

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Knowsley Park, Lancashire: unexecuted designs for a lodge, and alterations and additions to the house, and executed designs for a dairy, for the 12th Earl of Derby, 1776-77 (9)

[9] Alternative finished drawing giving a plan and elevation for a gateway and lodges, 1777, unexecuted

Adelphi Febry 15t. 1777.

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

SM Adam volume 29/40

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