[1] Preliminary designs for a cottage and gates, c.1791, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/95

Purpose

[1] Preliminary designs for a cottage and gates, c.1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Recto: Upper: Elevation of a two-storey building with single-storey projecting wings flanking the central block. There is a central three-bay loggia and each range has a pitched roof. Adjoining the left of the building is a gated screen with piers Upper middle: Ground-storey plan showing three large rooms with a loggia. The are piers to the left of the house Lower middle: Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay building. The central bay is adorned with a columned, broken-base pediment Lower: Elevation of a two-storey building comprising a three-bay central block with flanking single-bay wings. The central block contains a large arched opening flanked by paired columns supporting a broken-base pediment with an oculus Verso: Upper: Perspective showing a single-storey building with adjoining gates and piers. The building has a pitched roof and projecting porch Lower: Perspective showing a single-storey, three-bay building with adjoining gates and piers. The building has a central pedimented portico. The piers are surmounted by vases

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

L^d. Wemyss / (verso) […] at Gossford

Signed and dated

c.1791
datable to c.1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (202x325)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

Knight with an orb surmounted by a crown

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 15
King, 2001, pp. 253-255, 258
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

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