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[6] Preliminary design for the north front of a house and offices, c1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/124 (verso)
Purpose
[6] Preliminary design for the north front of a house and offices, c1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, three-bay building with a hipped roof and two-storey bow fronts for the first and third bays. There are full-height windows at the ground-storey level with a string course above and three-quarter-height windows at the first-storey level. There are quarter-height windows in the upper register. To the east of the principal building there is a one-and-a-half-storey block with the central three bays projecting and surmounted by a pyramidal roof. At the ground-storey level there are tripartite windows set within an arch and a stepped entrance set within an arch. In the upper register there are quarter-height, tripartite windows
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
North Front (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1777
c1777
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (479 x 602)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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