[55] Finished drawing for the stables, second design, c1767, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Luton Park, designs for a house and interiors including an organ case for John Crichton Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, c1763-72 (56)
    - Finished drawing for the stables, second design, c1767, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/39

Purpose

[55] Finished drawing for the stables, second design, c1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay stable block surmounted by a pyramidal roof supporting a clock tower, with the clock face surrounded by strigilation. At the ground-storey level there are semi-circular-headed entrances set within an arcade and flanked by three-quarter-height windows. At the first-storey level there are three-quarter-height windows with the central three set behind a Doric screen. The principal block is flanked by single-storey, three-bay link buildings with central entrances flanked by windows. The link blocks connect to single-bay, one-and-a-half-storey pavilions with pyramidal roofs. The pavilions contain three-quarter-height windows with Diocletian windows above, all set within relieving arches. The arches are surmounted by pediments supporting acroteria and the spandrels are ornamented with rosette roundels

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

2.d Design for Luton Stable the Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

c1767
c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (674 x 508)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Luton Stables for the Earl of Bute / 3 Elevations 2 Plans / 1

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 344; King, Volume II, p. 222
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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