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[9] Preliminary design for a house, c1774
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/273
Purpose
[9] Preliminary design for a house, c1774
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay house, with a pyramidal roof and a half-sunk basement. The central bay is projecting and surmounted by a socle bearing a sphinx. On the ground storey there is a central tripartite window articulated by Doric columns, with a band of roundels above. In the first bay there is a stepped entrance with a fan light, and in the third bay there is a window, and both are set within a relieving arch. On the first storey there is a central, balustraded, tripartite window, articulated by Ionic columns, all set within a relieving arch with the tympanum ornamented with an urn enclosed by a fan. In the first and third bays there are balustraded windows with a preliminary alteration (pencil) for a relieving arch in the third bay. Above this in the upper register there are bands of Vitruvian scroll and a central, half-height, tripartite window, flanked by further half-height windows. The windows have sills forming plain tablets with aprons of guttae
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- c1774
c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (152 x 255)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
Banded cartouche
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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