[15] Finished drawing for a roof plan for a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Public buildings
  - Bridewell, Edinburgh: designs for a group of prison buildings, 1790-91, executed in part (33)
    - Design for a castle-style bridewell scheme, 1791, unexecuted (11)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/12

Purpose

[15] Finished drawing for a roof plan for a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Roof plan comprising a central rectangular block connected to a large D-shaped building with three pitched roofs along the flat side, with flanking blocks connected by narrow links. Each corner edge appears to have bartizans and both the central building and the two flanking blocks appear to have a series of light shafts arranged in segments

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Roofs for the new invented Bridewell at Edinburgh ~

Signed and dated

1790-91
datable to 1790-91

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and cerulean blue wash within a ruled border on laid paper (627x525)

Hand

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

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

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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