[12] Alternative design for the principal front of a stable block, 1792, unexecuted

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  - Dunbar House, also known as Lauderdale House, East Lothian: Designs for additions to a house for James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale, 1790-92, executed in part (12)
    - Designs for a stable block, 1792, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/58

Purpose

[12] Alternative design for the principal front of a stable block, 1792, unexecuted

Aspect

Principle elevation of a two-storey, thirteen-bay stable block comprising a central range with projecting end pavilions linked by quadrants. The central range is seven-bays wide with a hipped roof and contains a five-bay loggia with a range of five Diocletian windows above the colonnade which terminate in pedimented pavilions with ground-floor niches containing urns. The end pavilions comprise a single tall storey with a ground-floor relieving arch with a frieze, balustrade and clock tower above. There is a mixture of rectangular and arched windows and oculi

Scale

bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Dunbar offices / not shewn / (and in another hand) not shewn

Signed and dated

12/1792
Dec ~ 1792 / (and in pencil) Dec^r 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (465x286)

Hand

Possibly
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

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