[2] Design for the Ordnance Office, c1778, unexecuted

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  - Ordnance Office, Westminster, London, c1778, unexecuted (5)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 38/69

Purpose

[2] Design for the Ordnance Office, c1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, eleven-bay building with a hipped roof and the central three bays projecting in the form of an archway. The archway contains a central entrance with a cornice and a Diocletian window above. The piers of the arch are splayed and contain narrow windows, with semi-circular-headed windows at the first-storey level, and the arch is surmounted by a coat of arms, flanked by swags. The central three bays are flanked by full-height windows at the ground and first-storey levels, and there is a string course set in between. The terminating bays of the building are projecting and form turrets, and the windows at the first-storey level are semi-circular-headed

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation for the Ordnance Office (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

c1778
c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (440 x 263)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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