[5] Design for the north front of a house, c1786, unexecuted

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  - Hill House, Putney Heath, three schemes for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Bt., c1786-7, unexecuted (25)
    - First scheme for Hill House, Putney, c1786
      - Preliminary designs, designs and finished drawings for a house, c1786, unexecuted (13)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/53

Purpose

[5] Design for the north front of a house, c1786, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay building, with a hipped roof, and the pedimented central three bays projecting. At the ground-storey level there is a balustraded, stepped Tuscan porte cochère, with a central entrance. This is flanked by balustraded windows, and ramps with wrought-iron balustrades. At the first-storey level there are full-height windows, and with third-height windows in the upper register. The central five bays are flanked by projecting piers, with slit windows surmounted by roundels, flanked by Tuscan pilasters at the ground-storey level, and with niches and further roundels above

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

North front of a new Design for Sir Samuel Hannay Baronet proposed to be built / at the Hill near Putney Heath / 1 (pencil)

Signed and dated

c1786
c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (256 x 228)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 26
Rowan, 1985, p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 109, 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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