[1] Finished design for a church, 1788, not executed

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  - Steuartown, Church, North Edinburgh: finished designs for a church, 1788, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/102

Purpose

[1] Finished design for a church, 1788, not executed

Aspect

Plan of an octagonal-shaped building with four small projecting ends containing two porches and four rooms. The central space is divided into four aisles, on axis with the porches and rooms, with pews in each quarter

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(In the hand of William Adam) Plan of a Church for the North part of Edinburgh / (verso) 4 / (in a different hand) number 29 / (in pencil) 29 / 29 / (in pen, in a different hand) Church for the north part of Edin[_ _ _ _]

Signed and dated

1788
datable to 1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (471x297)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

GR surmounted by fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p.11
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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