SM Adam volume 4/4

Design for rustic buildings, ND

Perspective view of a two-and-a-half-storey building with a central three-bay corner rotunda surmounted by gables and a conical, thatched roof, which supports a belvedere and a weathervane. At the ground-storey level there is a central entrance, and this is flanked by leaded bow windows. At the first-storey level there are full-height, leaded windows, with a central balconied window, which is flanked by Tuscan columns. In the upper register there are quarter-height windows set within the eaves. The rotunda is flanked by two-storey, three-bay wings, with central entrances set within relieving arches. Above this there is a projecting, thatched gable, which is articulated by giant Tuscan columns. To the left of the principal building there is a single-storey building, with a corner turret surmounted by a thatched, conical roof. To the right of the principal building there is a two-storey, three-by-one bay building, with a pitched roof containing a central gable. At the ground-storey level there is a series of relieving arches. At the first-storey level there are half-height windows. Beyond this there is a low rustic wall and a steeple(?)