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  • image SM Adam volume 10/111

Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/111

Purpose

[4] Preliminary design for the rear front of a castle-style building, 1790, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, six-bay building over a basement with a central four-storey, two-bay tower. The central tower is crenellated and is adorned with a clock, machicolated cornice and a shield of arms. The flanking bays have conical roofs and machicolated cornices. There is an outline of a recessed arch, balustrade and decorative relief panel in one of the bays. The outer bays are at a lower level and have pitched roofs with corner bartizans

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • 1790
    datable to 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (303x255)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

NA

Literature

Bolton, 1992, p. 30
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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