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[10] Design for the principal (north) front of a house, c1788, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/102
Purpose
[10] Design for the principal (north) front of a house, c1788, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Elevation of the north front of a three-storey, three-bay house with a hipped roof and part-sunken basement. On the ground storey level, over the central bay there is a pedimented, Tuscan porte cochère. This has a central flight of steps, and carriage ways to the east and west, all set with iron railings, and beyond the porte cochère there is a central doorway with a fan light. In the first and third bays there are windows set within relieving arches, and there is a string course above. On the first-storey level there are three-quarter-height windows, with half-height windows in the upper register
Below – Preliminary design for an elevation of the ground storey, without the carriage ways
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the North Front of a new Design for the Rev.d Mr. Rose at Beckenham / ft. / Extends 52.2 / (pencil, modern curatorial hand?) ceiling of d[_ _ _ _ _] there
Signed and dated
- c1788
c1788
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (306 x 247)
Hand
Possibly
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 3
Rowan, 1985, p. 66
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 66
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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