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[4] Design for a house, c1785, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/94
Purpose
[4] Design for a house, c1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey, five-bay block, with a part sunken basement. There is a central, stepped portico entrance flanked by turrets containing slit windows, with cross windows above. Above the portico there are lancet windows, and the central bays are flanked by projecting, one-bay turrets with half-height windows at the basement-storey level, and three-quarter-height windows at the ground-storey level, and these are set within a relieving arch. At the first- and second-storey levels there are further three-quarter-height windows, and the turrets are surmounted by castellated, pitched roofs bearing weather vanes and flanked by minor turrets with slit windows. To the right-hand side of the principal block there is a three-storey, two-bay block with a sunken basement and a flat roof. Beyond this there is a two-storey, three-bay pavilion with the central bay projecting and containing a blank arch, with a Venetian window and a pedimented roof above. To the left of the blank arch there is a false doorway
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1785
c1785
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (474 x 262)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
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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