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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/118

Purpose

Preliminary design for a building, gates and lodges, ND

Aspect

Elevation of a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay building with a hipped roof, which is surmounted by an octagonal belvedere supporting a weathervane. At the ground-storey level there is a central entrance set within a pedimented, Tuscan portico, with an oculus set within the tympanum. The entrance is flanked by semi-circular-headed windows, and there is a band of dentils which ornaments the roof line above. At the first-storey level, above the portico, there is a further half-height storey containing Diocletian window and a hipped roof, ornamented with an apron of dentils. The principal building is flanked by pairs of gates, with gate posts supporting finials. Beyond this there are single-storey, single-bay, tea caddy pavilions, with pyramidal roofs ornamented with aprons of dentil bands. The pavilions contain half-height, leaded windows

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

  • ND
    ND

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (321x166)

Hand

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

Level

Drawing

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