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[12] Design for stable offices, c1773, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/85
Purpose
[12] Design for stable offices, c1773, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay stable block, which terminates in one-and-a-half-storey, one-by-two-bay pavilions with pitched roofs. The central block contains three double-height entrances, with Diocletian windows set above. The flanking pavilions contain side entrances, and the principal front contains full-height windows at the ground-storey level, with a string course and half-height windows at the first-storey level
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Offices for Ray Hall the seat of Sir James Wright Bart (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Sir Js Wright (pencil)
Signed and dated
- c1782
c1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (502 x 374)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
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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