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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

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.

Level

Drawing

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