[6] Preliminary design for the north front of a house and offices, c1777, unexecuted

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  - Scratby House, Norfolk, designs for alterations to the house for John Ramey Esq, c1777, unexecuted (7)
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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

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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