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  • image SM Adam volume 10/63

Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/63

Purpose

[8] Preliminary design for the rear front of a hospital chapel, c1778, unexecucted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building with a pyramidal roof and a steeple surmounted by a stepped, ribbed dome supporting a weather vane. The pedimented central three bays are projecting. At the ground-storey level there is a central stepped entrance flanked by half-height windows. At the first storey level there are string courses, and there is a central semi-circular-headed window flanked by full-height windows and roundels. Above this there is a tablet inscribed EMMANUEL HOSPITAL, and there is an oculus set within the tympanum. 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 semi-circular-headed windows. On the right-hand side of the building there are piers bearing lanterns, with a wrought iron gateway set in between

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • c1778
    c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (275 x 273)

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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