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[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
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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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