[8] Preliminary design for a house, c1785, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/145

Purpose

[8] Preliminary design for a house, c1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building, surmounted by a circular tower with oculi, and with crosses ornamenting the roof line, and this is flanked by pyramidal roofs. There is a stepped central entrance set within an arch and behind a porte cochère, formed with square pilaster turrets which contain lancet windows surmounted by oculi. The entrance is flanked by tripartite lancet windows, and at the first-storey level there is a balustraded, tripartite lancet screen with a frieze of lozenges and supporting a socle base ornamented with a shield flanked by festoons. The screen is set within a relieving arch, and this is flanked by further lancet windows. Beyond this there are tripartite lancet windows, with a frieze of lozenges and a fan-light above. The building terminates in square turrets, which contain lancet windows and oculi. There is a string course ornamented with crosses, and this and the roof line have aprons of inverted crenellated mouldings

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Signed and dated

c1785
c1785

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (226 x 250)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

GR surmounted by a banded cartouche suporting a fleur-de-lis

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, p. 164
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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