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[7] Unfinished design for a lodge and gateway, c1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/5
Purpose
[7] Unfinished design for a lodge and gateway, c1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building, with the pedimented central three bays slightly projecting. There is a central stepped entrance with a cornice and a single storey Tuscan porte cochère. At the first-storey level there is a balcony with a wrought iron balustrade, which extends around the building. To the left-hand side of the principal building there is a half-bay link building, and a two-storey, three-bay arch. The spandrels are ornamented with rosettes, and the archway is flanked by niches and panels ornamented with ox skulls and swags. Above the arch there is a Tuscan balustraded screen with a frieze of fluting and rosettes, surmounted by a plain tablet. The screen terminates in single-bay, pedimented pavilions, with friezes of arabesques
Below – Plan of a central entrance and porte cochère
Left- Preliminary elevations and a preliminary plan for archways (pencil)
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Lodge at the Green Park for Lord William Gordon (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (665 x 359)
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
Preliminary oval sketches (pencil)
Watermark
IV / banded cartouche surmounted by a fleur-de-lis
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 45
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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