SM Adam volume 29/54

[3] Design for the south west front of a castle, c1782, unexecuted

Elevation of a thirteen-bay building, with a part-sunken basement-storey level and a raised ground-storey level. The projecting central five-bays are three storeys in height, and they are surmounted by a castellated, conical roof supporting a weather vane, and this is flanked by minor turrets with conical roofs. At the ground-storey level the central five bays form a bow, this contains a central entrance flanked by full-height windows, all set within relieving arches. The entrance is accessed by flanking sloped approaches, and there is a frieze of lozenges enclosing quatrefoil above. At the first-storey level there is a tripartite window set within a relieving arch and flanked by narrow windows. Above this there is a frieze of rosettes, and at the second-storey level there are lancet windows set within a relieving arch and flanked by crests and further lancet windows. Flanking the central five bays there are two-storey, three-bay links with balustraded full-height windows at the ground-storey level and three-quarter-height windows at the first-storey level. The building terminates in two-and-a-half-storey, single-bay turrets surmounted by pyramidal roofs. At the basement-storey level the turrets have Diocletian windows. At the first-storey level there are narrow, balustraded, full-height windows set within relieving arches. Above this there is a frieze of lozenges enclosing quatrefoil, with quarter-height windows above, and both are set within relieving arches