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[7] Design for the north front of a house and offices, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/125
Purpose
[7] Design for the north front of a house and offices, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, seven-bay building with a hipped roof. At the ground- and first-storey levels the central bay is flanked by three-bay bow windows. At the ground-storey level there are three-quarter-height windows, with a string course and half-height windows above. The upper register contains quarter-height windows. To the left of the building there is a one-and-a-half-storey, nine-bay block, with the central three bays projecting and surmounted by a pyramidal roof. At the ground-storey level bays one to six contain tripartite windows set within relieving arches. In the eighth bay there is a stepped entrance flanked by windows, with a further window above, and all this is set within a further relieving arch. In the upper register there is a string course and quarter-height, tripartite windows
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
North Front of Scratby House and Offices / (and in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of John Ramsay Esqr
Signed and dated
- June 1777
Adelphi / June 26.t 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (510 x 738)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
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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