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[5] Unfinished drawing for the north front of a house, c1770, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/43
Purpose
[5] Unfinished drawing for the north front of a house, c1770, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the north front of a two-storey, five-bay building, with a hipped roof, a part-sunken basement, and a Corinthian colonnade. On the basement storey there are Diocletian windows, with a band of Vitruvian scroll above, and on the raised ground storey there is a central entrance accessed via a balustraded, flared staircase. The central entrance is flanked by balustraded, full-height windows, and balustraded, Venetian windows. On the first storey there are half-height windows, and the building has a frieze of fluting and rosette roundels, with a band of dentils above. The central building is flanked by one-and-a-half-storey, balustraded link blocks, with half-height windows on the ground storey, and three-quarter-height windows on the first storey, with bands of Vitruvian scroll and string courses set in between. The link blocks connect to one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay, pedimented pavilions, surmounted by acroteria, and the pavilion to the east supports statuary. On the ground storey the pavilions contain half-height windows, with bands of Vitruvian scroll above. On the first storey the pavilions contain full-height, balustraded windows, and there are friezes of fluting and rosettes
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
North Front of a New Design for High Down in Hertfordshire- The Seat of John Radcliffe Esq.r - / Extends 216.6 In and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1770
c1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (1167 x 493)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand
Office hand
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Rowan, 1984, pp. 44-45
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1984, pp. 44-45
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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