[8] Preliminary design for an arch and gatehouse, c1778, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Public buildings
  - Deputy Ranger's Lodge, Green Park, London, commissioned by Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglington, 1769, executed to a variant design, and for Lord William Gordon, 1778, unexecuted (10)
    - Preliminary designs and a finished drawing for an arch, gatehouses and entrance screens, c1778, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/146

Purpose

[8] Preliminary design for an arch and gatehouse, c1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a two-storey arch, with spandrels ornamented with rosettes/roundels(?), surmounted by a plinth ornamented with a roundel and swags, and this supports a chimney stove. The arch is flanked by single-storey, three-bay gatehouses, with the central bay pedimented and containing an entrance with a fan light. Above the entrance there is an ornamental tablet and a central chimney stack Below- Plan of a central archway, flanked by three-by-one-bay buildings, with the central bay of the principal front slightly projecting

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

c1778
c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (209 x 165)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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