[3] Finished drawing for the south front of a house, c1791, unexecuted

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  - Rudding Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, survey drawing and designs for additions to the house for Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, unexecuted (4)
    - Survey drawing, design and a finished drawing for additions to the house, c1791, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/97

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for the south front of a house, c1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay building surmounted by a pediment and a hipped roof. At the ground-storey level there is a central entrance surmounted by a fan light and a segmental tympanum, and this is flanked by full-height windows. At the first-storey level there are three-quarter-height windows, with balustraded, half-height windows in the upper register. The windows and entrance are surrounded by rustication. The central block is flanked by two-storey canted bays surmounted by balustraded conical roofs. At the ground-storey level there are full-height windows, with three-quarter-height windows at the first-storey level. There is a further bay beyond the canted block to the east

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

South Front Rudding Hall (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

c1791
c1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (482 x 237)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 27
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 133
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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