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[6] Preliminary design for a house, c1782
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/52 (verso)
Purpose
[6] Preliminary design for a house, c1782
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay block with a hipped, balustraded roof and the central bay projecting. The central, pedimented bay is two-and-a-half-storeys in height and contains an entrance, with a string course and semi-circular-headed window above. In the upper register there is a Diocletian window, and the pediment is surmounted by acroteria. The central bay is flanked by half-height windows at the ground and first-storey levels. The principal block is flanked by single-bay pavilions to the east and west. The western pavilion is a single storey in height and contains a semi-circular-headed window set behind a colonnaded screen. The pavilion is surmounted by a pyramidal roof bearing a weather vane. The alternative pavilion to the east is two storeys in height, with a quarter-height window at the first-storey level
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c1782
c1782
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (472 x 242)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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