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[5] Design for alterations to the west front of a house, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/124
Purpose
[5] Design for alterations to the west front of a house, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, nine-bay house, with a hipped roof and a rusticated ground-storey level. The central three bays are canted and are surmounted by a turret bearing a weather vane. At the ground-storey level there is a central, stepped entrance surmounted by a fan light and this is flanked by three-quarter-height windows. At the first-storey level there are half-height windows, with a string course of guilloche and quarter-height windows above, and all this is flanked by giant Corinthian pilasters
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
A Design for altering the West front of Scratby House in the County of Norfolk. / The Seat of John Ramiy (sic) Esq.r / 197 (pencil)
Signed and dated
- June 1777
Adelphi / June 26.t 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (479 x 602)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
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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