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[3] Preliminary design for a church showing a plan and elevations of the west (entrance) and north (side) fronts, c1772-81, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/157
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for a church showing a plan and elevations of the west (entrance) and north (side) fronts, c1772-81, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan and elevations of the west and north sides of a church. The plan shows an octagonal church with rectangular projections to east and west. The elevations show a single-storey, octagonal church with a conical roof, with a single-bay projection to the rear (east), and a single-bay projection to the west (front). On the west front there is a central pedimented door surmounted by a domed clock tower
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1772-81
date range: 1772-1781
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (157 x 313)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature reference see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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