[4] Preliminary design for the elevation of a church, c.1793, unexecuted

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  - Tron Church, Glasgow: designs for a church, c.1793, executed to a variant design (7)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/19

Purpose

[4] Preliminary design for the elevation of a church, c.1793, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey church with a central tower, flanked by three-bay shops or houses. The church comprises a central apse flanked by doors and windows articulated by giant Ionic columns supporting an entablature. The clock tower has a domed roof and is flanked by balustraded pedestals surmounted by urns. The elevation of the shops or houses differ slightly with one sketched over in pencil. Across the entire elevation is a mixture of friezes, square-headed windows, oculi, and decorative panels

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

(In pencil) Church at Glasgow with Shops in front through which the Church enters

Signed and dated

c.1793
datable to c.1793

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (404x263)

Hand

Probably
James Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 15
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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