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Preliminary design for a thatched building and a service building, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/278
Purpose
Preliminary design for a thatched building and a service building, ND
Aspect
Side elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey building with a pyramidal thatched roof and a pitched roof beyond, supporting chimney stacks. There is a full-height window at first-storey level and a semi-circular-headed, half-height window in the upper register. On the left-hand side of the principal block there is a one-and-a-half storey pavilion with a thatched, hipped roof with a projecting eave. The pavilion contains a doorway with a leaded window above and a further double width entrance, possibly for stables. Behind the building there is a cross section of a lean-to structure for the storage of coal
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
ashes(?) / P / P / Coal
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (186x141)
Hand
Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Level
Drawing
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