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[1] Finished drawing for a hospital chapel and wing, c1759, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/20
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for a hospital chapel and wing, c1759, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a square building with a stepped portico entrance which contains a pair of circular staircases. The portico leads to a circular space surrounded by apses, with the apses to the rear containing further staircases. There is a central aisle which leads to a stepped pulpit, and this is crossed by a further aisle. Both aisles provide access to the pews, which form a circle. The building is supported by an internal colonnade. This block is flanked by colonnaded, curved link passages with central stepped entrances. The passage of the left-hand-side links to a nine-bay building with the central three-bays projecting, and these contain a stepped entrance. The entrance leads to a hall which is surrounded by rectangular rooms, and there is a dog-legged staircase to the rear
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Plan of Lock Hospital Chapel / with one of the wings- (all in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1759
c1759
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and Naples yellow wash on laid paper (963 x 632)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 39
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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