[3] Finished drawing for a house, c1772, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - London
    - St James's Square, number 20, London, designs for a house and interiors for Watkin Williams-Wynn, c1772-1777 (99)
      - Designs and a finished drawing for a house, c1772, as executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 40/65

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for a house, c1772, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, three-bay, balustraded building with a hipped roof. The rusticated ground storey has full-height windows in the first and second bays, set within relieving arches. The third bay contains a stepped entrance with a fan light above, all set within a relieving arch. The ground storey is set behind an iron work balustrade ornamented with calyx, and this is segmented by iron-work balusters supporting lanterns. The balusters are ornamented with anthemia, fluting and calyx. On the first storey there are full-height, balustraded, aedicule windows with friezes of rosettes, all set within reliving arches. The windows are flanked by giant fluted Corinthian pilasters. On the second storey there is a string course of fluting and half-height windows. The building has a frieze of rosette roundels

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of Sir Watkin Williams Wynns House St James Square- (in the hand of William Adam)

Signed and dated

c1772
c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (434 x 582)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 10-11, 275
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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