[4] Finished drawing for the north front of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1790-91, unexecuted

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  - Bridewell, Edinburgh: designs for a group of prison buildings, 1790-91, executed in part (33)
    - Designs for a classical-style bridewell scheme, 1790-91, unexecuted (9)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/20

Purpose

[4] Finished drawing for the north front of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1790-91, unexecuted

Aspect

Principal (north) elevation of a group of prison buildings comprising a central five-bay, single-storey entrance block flanked by curved wings terminating in single-bay pavilions connected by a low wall, all over a basement. The central building is rusticated with a portico supporting the coat of arms of Edinburgh with ‘BRIDEWELL’ below, flanked by recessed arches and pediments in the outer bays. The pavilions have plain rectangular windows within recessed arches, with pediments and string-coursing

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Another Design for Bridewell / (in another hand) North front of the Bridewell for the City of Edinburgh proposed to be built on the Caltoun[sic] Hill

Signed and dated

1790-91
datable to 1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (483x270)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, John Robertson, or John Paterson

Watermark

Portal & Bridges

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 2, 2001, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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