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[38] Design for stable offices, c1786, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/85
Purpose
[38] Design for stable offices, c1786, unexecuted
Aspect
Above- Elevation of a fifteen-bay building, with the pedimented central three bays surmounted by a belvedere supporting a weather vane, and with a Tuscan pilaster screen with a frieze of swags and rosettes. The building terminates in projecting pavilions with broken pediments, and with semi-circular headed entrances surmounted by Diocletian windows. The remaining bays alternate between entrances and windows
Below- Plan of a fifteen-bay building, with the central three bays containing a coach house, and the end bays forming a workshop and a further coach house. The remaining bays contain stables, a harness room and a boiling room, with a circular staircase to rooms above. The building is enclosed by a wall, with an entrance and an additional enclosed space to the left
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Designs of Offices for Doctor John Turton at Brasted Kent (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Workshop etc. / Stable / Harness room / Coach house / Coach house / Coach house / Boiling room / Stable / Coach House and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1786
c1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (470 x 487)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
Stable (crossed through) offices for Doctor Turton / 3 / 3 / 18 (pencil)
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 215
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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