[4] Design for a house, 1790, unexecuted

Explore Collections

You are here: CollectionsOnline / [4] Design for a house, 1790, unexecuted

Browse

Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Congleton or Congalton, East Lothian: Designs for a house and stables for William Grant, Esquire, 1790, unexecuted (6)
    - Designs for a house, 1790, unexecuted (4)

Use of images and copyright
Enlarge this Image

Print this image in A4 view

Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/82

Purpose

[4] Design for a house, 1790, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay house with flanking pavilions connected by single-storey balustraded wings. The central three bays of the main house are bowed and contain a central staircase at ground level, flanked by tri-partite windows within relieving arches. There is a continuous string course across the entire elevation

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

West front towards the Bowling green for a new Design / for William Grant Esqr at Congleton in East Lothian / (verso) 2

Signed and dated

30/04/1790
Albemarle Street / 30^th April 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (465x254)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

Curtels & Sons

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 7
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk