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[2] Preliminary designs for houses, c1784, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/104
Purpose
[2] Preliminary designs for houses, c1784, unexecuted
Aspect
Above- Elevation of a three-storey, nine-bay building, with a hipped roof. There is a central entrance set within a relieving arch, and this is flanked by niches. Above this at the first storey level, there is a pedimented, balustraded window, with a roundel above, and all set within a relieving arch. This is flanked by paired Corinthian columns, and surmounted by a balustrade. There are half-height windows at the ground-storey level, full-height windows at the first-storey level, and half-height windows in the upper register
Centre- Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay building, with a hipped roof. The central three bays are surmounted by a broken pediment. There is a central relieving arch containing an entrance at the ground-storey level, an Ionic balustraded screen at the first-storey level, and this is flanked by windows surmounted by roundels. There are half-height windows at the ground-storey level, full-height windows at the first-storey level, and half-height windows in the upper register
Below- Elevation of a two-storey, seven-bay house with a hipped roof. The central three bays are pedimented, and there is a central doorway, surmounted by a fan light
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
some dimensions and figures given
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (206 x 320)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Verso
Rough unfinished preliminary plan (pencil)
Watermark
Britannia within a crowned roundel
Literature
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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