[3] Designs for a cottage, c.1791, unexecuted

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  - Gosford House, East Lothian: designs for a cottage and entrance gates for Francis Charteris, c.1789, unexecuted (9)
    - Preliminary designs and finished drawings for a cottage and gates, c.1791, unexecuted (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/176

Purpose

[3] Designs for a cottage, c.1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Upper: Elevation of a single-storey cottage with adjoining gates and piers. The cottage, which appears to be against a body of water, is circular with a thatched, conical roof and a square wing with a lean-to roof and adjoining gates beyond Middle: Plan of a cottage with adjoining gates and piers Lower: Elevation of a single-storey gatehouse with adjoining gates and piers. The gatehouse has an arched opening within a pedimented surround and a domed roof. The piers are surmounted by a sphinx and lion, flanking the central gate which has an arched feature. At the right end there appears to be another gatehouse with a domed roof

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Cottages for Lord Wemyss at Gosford ~ and some dimensions

Signed and dated

c.1791
datable to c.1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (201x323)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

Knight in an orb

Literature

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

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