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  • image SM Adam volume 2/85

Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/85

Purpose

Preliminary design for a gate house lodge with a bell tower, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay building, with a pitched roof surmounted by chimneys and a bell tower supporting a weathervane. At the ground-storey level there is a central, semi-circular-headed entrance, set behind a rustic columnar screen. Above the entrance there is a semi-circular-headed, half-height window, and all this is set within a relieving brick arch. The entrance is flanked by leaded windows, and there is a brick string course above. The roof line is ornamented with rustic dentils, and the building is flanked by rustic Doric porticoes. Beyond the building there is a low wooden fence and two gateways. The left-hand gateway is for a foot path, and it is ornamented with a central lozenge. The right-hand gateway is for carriages, and this is ornamented with a semi-circular band

Scale

not to scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (254x199)

Hand

Probably Adam, Robert (1728--1792), architect
Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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