[9] Finished drawing for the principal front of a castle-style house, 1791, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Mauldsley or Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire: designs for a castle-style house and stables for Thomas Carmichael, 5th Earl of Hyndford, 1791-96, as executed (15)
    - Designs and finished drawings for a castle-style house, 1791-92, as executed (11)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/8

Purpose

[9] Finished drawing for the principal front of a castle-style house, 1791, as executed

Aspect

Same as SM Adam volume 29/7 but with three windows in each section at basement (ground) level. There is a pencil outline of a single-storey wing to the left of the main house with crenelations and bartizans

Scale

bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of the Principal Front to Mauldslie Castle in Clydesdale, One of the Seats of the Right Hon^ble/ The Earl of Hyndford / (verso) Mauldslie Castle

Signed and dated

1791
Robt Adam Architect 1791

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (530x359)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

Portal & Bridges

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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