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Reference number

SM Adam volume 4/52

Purpose

Preliminary design for a cottage, ND

Aspect

Perspective view of an irregularly shaped, two-storey, four-by-three-bay building with a central, pitched roof, flanked by tapering, sloped roofs supporting a chimney. The gabled third bay of the principal front is projecting and contains at ground-storey level a side-facing, stepped entrance, with tripartite windows at the ground and first-storey levels. The remaining windows of the principal front are irregularly positioned, with a quarter-height, tripartite window set beneath the eave of the second bay. The left-hand side elevation contains a further entrance, a quarter-height window and a low lean-to structure with a chimney. In front of the principal building there is a further low, wooden structure, a stone wall, and a pathway

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (240x180)

Hand

Possibly Adam, James (1730--1794), architect
James Adam

Level

Drawing

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