[3] Alternative preliminary design for the principal (north) front of a house, c1788, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Beckenham Rectory, Beckenham, Kent, designs for a house for the Reverend William Rose, c1788, executed (24)
    - Alternative preliminary designs and design for the principal (north) front of a house, c1788, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 4/40

Purpose

[3] Alternative preliminary design for the principal (north) front of a house, c1788, unexecuted

Aspect

Above – Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay building, with a hipped roof. On the ground storey, in the central bay, there is a pedimented, Tuscan porte cochère with a frieze of roundels. This is flanked by windows in the first and third bays, set within relieving arches. Above this there is a string course, ornamented with Vitruvian scroll, which is repeated at the attic storey level. At the first storey level, in the central bay, there is a window set behind an Ionic screen, with capitals containing roundels and a fluted frieze. Above this there is a central fan light, flanked by roundels. In the first and third bays there are further windows, flanked by giant Ionic pilasters, and with half-height windows in the attic register. The building has a fluted frieze, and the first and third bays are surmounted by plinths supporting recumbent sphinxes Below – Plan of the porte cochére, stepped entrance and windows on the ground storey level

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

North Front of the Parsonage house at Beckenham and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1788
c1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (220 x 334)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Verso

Preliminary designs for a bridge? and a tympanum

Watermark

Fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

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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