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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/45

Purpose

Finished drawing for a house, c1775, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, seven-bay building, with a pitched roof. The central three-bays are surmounted by a balustrade, and the centre bay is set behind a Tuscan portico. This is flanked by windows, and at the first-storey level there is a central, balustraded window with a cornice, and this is flanked by windows. Above this there is a string course ornamented with rosettes, and there are half-height windows in the upper register. The building terminates in two-storey, two-bay, pedimented pavilions, which are surmounted by acroteria. There are full-height windows at the ground-storey level, with figurative roundels above. At the first-storey level there is a string course and three-quarter-height windows. The pavilions have friezes ornamented with rosettes and festoons, and these contain central figurative panels

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of a House for Nicholas Ashton Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • c1775
    c1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (454 x 299)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume I, p. 212-13
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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