[13] Design for a house, longitudinal section from north to south, 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 35/56

Purpose

[13] Design for a house, longitudinal section from north to south, c1786, unexecuted

Aspect

Longitudinal section of a two-and-a-half-storey building, with a part sunken basement. To the north there is a stepped, balustraded Tuscan porte cochère, and to the south there is a bowed-stepped, Tuscan colonnade, surmounted by a balustraded balcony. At the basement-storey level, the rooms extend beyond the north and south fronts, with vaulted rooms to the south. There is a central stairwell, lit by a conical oculus, with a band of Vitruvian scroll at the second-storey level, and a coved ceiling. To the south, there are circular rooms at the ground- and first-storey level, and the south façade is surmounted by a stepped dome

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section through the House from North to South and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1786
c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash, and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink (438 x 265)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

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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