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[4] Preliminary designs for a house, c1785, unexecuted

Top left- Plan of a three-by-four-bay building with the projecting central bay of the north front containing a stepped entrance set behind a porte cochère. The entrance links to a rectangular hall flanked by small rectangular rooms. To the rear of the hall there is a circular staircase with apses. The staircase is flanked by three-by-two-bay rooms, with the room to the west containing a columnar screen at the north end. The projecting central bay of the south front contains a screened apse and balcony Bottom left – Elevation of a three-storey, three-bay building with a hipped roof and a projecting central bay containing a semi-circular-headed entrance articulated by columns. To the left of the entrance there is a semi-circular-headed window articulated by columns, with a string course above. At the first-storey level there is a balustraded apse with a fluted half-dome and this contains an entrance and semi-circular-headed windows. The apse is flanked by giant Corinthian(?) columns and three-quarter-height windows. In the upper register there are quarter-height windows and the central bay is surmounted by a pediment containing a tablet and roundels(?) flanked by paired columns Top right- Plan of a building with a central recessed bay set behind a porte cochère. To the rear of the building there is a circular room and this is flanked by further rooms to the east and west. The rooms contain projecting bays to the south, with further projecting bays in the external east and west walls. There is a dog-legged staircase to the north-west with a water closet set within the projecting west bay. Beyond the building there is a curved passage to the west Bottom right – Elevation for a three-storey, five-bay building with a hipped roof and a sunken basement storey level. At the basement storey level there are oculi set within the central bay and these are flanked by Diocletian windows. At the ground storey level the central bay forms a balustraded, single-storey bow which contains an entrance flanked by windows. Beyond this there are projecting, balustraded window bays containing semi-circular-headed windows articulated by columns. At the first-storey level there is a central balustraded apse with a fluted half-dome and this contains an entrance and semi-circular-headed windows. The apse is flanked by balustraded windows and figurative roundels. In the upper register there are string courses and quarter-height windows. The first and fifth bays form pedimented pavilions which support acroteria. To the east of the building there is a further projecting, balustraded window bay and to the west there is a single-storey link building with a blank archway