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  • image SM Adam volume 2/143

Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/143

Purpose

[2] Preliminary design for a thatched cottage, ND

Aspect

Perspective view of a two-storey cottage, with a thatched roof supporting chimneys and an external, projecting awning in the principal front. Beneath the awning there is an entrance and a split window, with a central gable above. The right-hand bay is projecting and contains split windows at the ground and first-storey levels. The side front contains a projecting, single-storey, single-bay block, with paired, semi-circular-headed windows and a thatched roof. On the right-hand side of the cottage there is a wooden fence

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and coloured washes including olive green and Naples yellow on laid paper (305x129)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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