[5] Variant finished drawing for the west front of a church, 1793, as executed

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  - Barony Church, Glasgow: designs for a church, 1793, executed to a variant design (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/120 & 120a

Purpose

[5] Variant finished drawing for the west front of a church, 1793, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, five-bay church, similar to SM Adam volume 54/7/252 with a central gabled tower. There is a central porch with a large window above containing plate tracery, flanked by two octagonal towers, followed by single storey ends with wings behind with lean-to roofs. The entire elevation is adorned with a mixture of square leaded windows, arched leaded windows, crenelations, hood mouldings, cornices, and corbelled bartizans. The central gable and flanking wings have crow-stepped edges. There is an alternative design for the gabled tower below the flyer, showing pepper-pot roofs to the bartizans and a single arched louvre window in the gable

Scale

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

Inscribed

Elevation of the West Front of the Barony Parish Church, Glasgow / (in a curator’s hand, in pencil) 120 / (verso) Glasgow / Barony Parish Church / (in a different hand) number 28

Signed and dated

12/01/1793
Albemarle Street, 12^thJanr^ry 1793

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (406x283)

Hand

Possibly
James Adam or John Robertson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
King, 2001, pp. 73-75
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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