[28] Finished drawing for the roof plan of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, executed in part

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  - Bridewell, Edinburgh: designs for a group of prison buildings, 1790-91, executed in part (33)
    - Variant design for a castle-style bridewell scheme, 1791, executed in part (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/31

Purpose

[28] Finished drawing for the roof plan of a group of prison buildings for Edinburgh Bridewell, 1791, executed in part

Aspect

Roof plan of a group of prison buildings comprising a central D-shaped building with bartizans, and a T-shaped block adjoining the centre with a hipped roof. The building has a lunette, with radiating apertures across the domed and hipped roofs. Flanking this building are two large rectangular blocks with hipped roofs, corner turrets and rear bows with lunettes. To the front of the main prison building is a lodge comprising a H-shaped building with pitched roofs, flanked by gate lodges with pyramidal roofs. To the rear of the main prison building is a small inspection tower with a conical roof, followed by two individual blocks with hipped roofs and rear bows

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

General Plan of the Roofs. / (verso) [_ _ _ _ _]

Signed and dated

1791
Rob^t Adam Architect 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (506x338)

Hand

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

Watermark

Portal & Bridges

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 11
King, Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 56-7
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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