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  • image SM Adam volume 2/82

Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/82

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design for the principal front of a hospital chapel, c1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building, with a pyramidal roof surmounted by a weather vane. The central three-bays are projecting, with a central entrance flanked by niches at the ground-storey level. At the first-storey level there is a central semi-circular-headed window set within a relieving arch, and this is flanked by roundels. The window is set within an Ionic portico, which is surmounted by a tablet inscribed EMMANUEL HOSPITAL, and this supports a statuary group. The central three bays are flanked by single bays, with half-height windows at the ground-storey level. At the first-storey level there are balustraded windows and Ionic pilasters. To the right-hand side of the building there is a carriage arch way

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • c1778
    c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (278 x 237)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 59
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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