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[4] Preliminary design for the rear front of a castle-style building, 1790, unexecuted
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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
Robert Adam
Watermark
NA
Literature
Bolton, 1992, p. 30
Further literary references in scheme notes
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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