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[2] Design for the south front of Wedderburn Castle, c.1767-71, executed to a variant design
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/78
Purpose
[2] Design for the south front of Wedderburn Castle, c.1767-71, executed to a variant design
Aspect
South elevation of a three-storey building with a four-storey central tower and two octagonal end towers. The central tower comprises three bays flanked by outer towers, with three tall windows to the principal floor within a recessed arch with a festooned coat of arms. The ground floor is rusticated, and the entire elevation is adorned with hood mouldings, a mixture of square- and round-headed windows, balustrading, string coursing, and crenelations
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
South front of a Castle / for Patrick Home of Billy Esqr (underwritten in pencil) / (in a curator's hand) Wedderburn Castle / HM Colvin 1963
Signed and dated
- c.1767-1771
datable to c.1767-71
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (597x498)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, J. P. Laurent or William Hamilton
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, J. P. Laurent or William Hamilton
Literature
King, 2001, pp. 220-21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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