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[5] Preliminary design for alterations to the rear elevation of the assembly rooms, c.1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/106
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design for alterations to the rear elevation of the assembly rooms, c.1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Rear elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building with a central three-storey round tower with a conical roof. The ground floor is partly coursed. The outer bays contain tripartite ground-floor windows and Venetian first-floor windows within recessed arches. The central three bays are screened by a two-storey bowed loggia comprising a ground-floor arcade supporting a first-floor balustrade and screen of Ionic columns supporting a continuous entablature and balustrade above. The tower contains oculi within bays articulated by plain moulded piers with a continuous frieze
Scale
bar scale of 5/8 of an inch to 10 feet
Signed and dated
- c.1787
datable to c.1787
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (226x188)
Hand
possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 10
Further literary references in scheme notes
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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