SM Adam volume 39/31

[15] Design for the principal front of a building, 1766, unexecuted

Elevation of the principal front of a three-storey, thirteen-bay building with a hipped roof and rustication on the ground storey. The central five-bays contain a pedimented, Ionic portico supporting acroteria and this is raised up on an arcade with balustraded windows on the first storey. On the ground storey there is a semi-circular-headed entrance set within the arcade and this is flanked by semi-circular-headed windows. Beyond this there are three-quarter-height windows. On the first storey there is a string course and full-height windows. In the upper register there is a guilloche string course and quarter-height windows. The principal building is flanked by single-storey, curved link building with entrances and windows set within relieving arches. The link on the left-hand side is rusticated. The links connect to two-storey, five-bay buildings with a hipped roof, and the left-hand building has rustication on the ground storey. The pedimented central three bays of the buildings are projecting and contain semi-circular-headed windows set within relieving arches on the ground storey. On the first storey there is a string course and three-quarter-height windows