[7] Design for the rear front of a house, 1782, executed to a variant design

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  - Jerviston or Jeriston House, West Lothian: Designs for a house for James Cannison, 1782, executed to a variant design (8)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/44

Purpose

[7] Design for the rear front of a house, 1782, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Rear elevation of three-storey, five-bay house with flanking single-storey links terminating in pavilions. The central three bays of the house are bowed and there is a dentilled cornice at roof level and a moulded string course above ground level which continues as a cornice across the flanking wings. The pavilions comprise piered corners with niches and fluted friezes. There are a mixture of square and arched windows

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Back Front Jeriston House

Signed and dated

12/02/1782
Adelphi / 12^th Feb^y 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (536x262)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 18
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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