[11] Finished drawing for the side elevation of a castle-style house, 1791-92, as executed

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  - 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 29/9

Purpose

[11] Finished drawing for the side elevation of a castle-style house, 1791-92, as executed

Aspect

Side elevation of a two-storey, five-bay building over a half-sunk basement. The outer bays are circular crenelated towers with conical roofs. There is a continuous stringcourse above the first floor, as well as machicolated cornices, and crenelations. There are a mixture of square, segmental-arched and slit windows as well as oculi

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Scale

bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

End front of Maudsley Castle one of the seats of the Earl of Hyndford / (in pencil) 3d / with some annotations / (verso) some pencil annotations

Signed and dated

1791-92
datable to 1791-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (429x285)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Watermark

J Whatman

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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