[1] Finished drawing for two houses, c.1761-65, unexecuted

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    - Ramsay Garden, Edinburgh: designs for a pair of houses for Allan Ramsay, c.1761-5, unexecuted (3)
      - Design for two houses for Allan Ramsay, c.1761-65, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/36

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for two houses, c.1761-65, unexecuted

Aspect

Upper: Principal (south) elevation for two houses comprising a three-storey, three-bay building over a basement, with a pitched roof. The ground floor is rusticated with plain windows flanking a central two-storey portico. The portico comprises Tuscan columns supporting an entablature and bottle-neck balustrade to the first floor, with Ionic columns supporting a pediment surmounted by a Diocletian window. The first floor windows flanking the portico are in moulded architraves with cornices and brackets, the second floor windows are plain. At eaves level there is a dentilled cornice and a parapet with bottle-neck balustrading Centre: Attic plan for two houses comprising two large rooms with chimney breasts, with a small room, storeroom and staircase against the party wall Lower: Second floor plan for two houses comprising two large bedrooms with chimney breasts, with a smaller bedroom with chimney breasts and staircase against the party wall. The central window bays on the rear elevation of each house is slanted to allow for the internal room partitions

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Houses for Mr Ramsay Edinburgh / (in pencil) Garrets / Garrets / Bedroom Story

Signed and dated

c.1761-65
datable to c.1761-65

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper within a ruled border (303x495)

Hand

Adam office hand

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 12
Johnston, p. 5
Further literature references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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