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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/182

Purpose

Design for a cottage, 1789

Aspect

Above- Elevation of a single storey, three-bay building, supporting a thatched, hipped roof with a band of dentils ornamenting the roof line. There is a central, pedimented entrance, flanked by rustic columns and with a Diocletian window above. The entrance is flanked by quarter-height windows and beyond the building there is a wooden fence Below- Plan of a three-by-one-bay building, with a rear projecting bay. There is a central entrance set behind a colonnaded screen. Beyond the entrance there is a central stairwell, which is flanked by a kitchen and parlour. To the rear of the building there is a pantry and closets

Scale

bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan & Elevation of a Cottage / Unknown (in the hand of William Adam) / 77 / 78th (pencil) / Extends 31 ½ feet / Kitchen / Pantry / Closet / Closet / Parlour and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • April 1789
    Albermarle Street / 17 April 1789.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled boarder on laid paper (264x434)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Level

Drawing

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