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[11] Design for the principal front of a stable block, 1792, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/57
Purpose
[11] Design for the principal front of a stable block, 1792, unexecuted
Aspect
Principal elevation of a two-storey, fifteen-bay stable block comprising a single range terminating in three-bay projecting ends. The central three bays contain a triumphal arch comprising a moulded opening within a relieving arch with a keystone containing a Diocletian window, the flanking piers have urns within balustraded niches with oculi and festoons above. The entrance is surmounted by a clock tower adorned with a panel decorated with guilloche, and Tuscan columns supporting pediments topped with a conical domed roof. The central three bays are flanked on both sides by a single-storey loggia. The three-bay ends comprise three segmental-arched openings with pedimented roofs. There is a mixture of square and rectangular
Scale
bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of stable offices for the Earl of Lauderdale at Dunbar / Ornaments marked A not / drawn in the fair Copy
Signed and dated
- 16/12/1792
Albemarle Street / 16th December 1792
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (484x251)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 10
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 217
Further literary references in the scheme notes
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 217
Further literary references in the scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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