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  • image SM Adam volume 2/159

Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/159

Purpose

[5] Preliminary designs for an entrance lodge and gateway, c1782, unexecuted

Aspect

Above - Plan of a central block with corner turrets and containing a carriage entrance. Within there is a pair of rooms on the left-hand side and an oval staircase to the right. The central block is flanked by link bays which connect to single-bay pavillions with corner turrets Centre - Elevation of an entrance gateway and lodge flanked by a wooden fence. There is a central single-bay block containing an arch with slit windows set within the spandrels and castellation above. At the second-storey level there are tripartite lancet windows with moulded lintels. The roof line is castellated and terminates in turrets with pinnacle roofs. Beyond this there is a castellated pitched roof surmounted by a cross. The central block is flanked by single-storey, single-bay castellated links which contain entrances with moulded lintels set above. The building terminates in one-and-a-half-storey, single-bay castellated pavillions with elongated arches containing narrow windows. The roof line of the pavillions contain further turrets, surmounted by crosses Below - Elevation of an entrance gateway and lodge, flanked by a wooden fence. The central block is two-stories in height and contains a central arch surmounted by a moulded bracket. The arch is flanked by cross-shaped windows and there are tripartite lancet windows above. The roof line is castellated and terminates in turrets surmounted by pinnacle roofs. Beyond this there is a pitched roof bearing a cross. The central block is flanked by one-and-a-half-storey, single-bay links containing entrances with cross-shaped windows set above. The building terminates in one-and-a-half-storey, single-bay pavillions with a castellated roof surmounted by turrets. The pavillions form arches with lancet windows set within

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • c1782
    c1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (251 x 305)

Hand

Possibly
Robert Adam

Literature

King, 2001, Volume II, p. 243
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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