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Reference number

SM D3/4/1

Purpose

Bowood, Wiltshire, c.1794

Aspect

[2] Record Elevation of the front of the Offices at Bowood Park with three alternative elevations of three cupolas each 11 feet, 10 feet and 6 feet 3 inches wide and two rough elevations of cupola

Scale

1/16 in to 1 ft

Inscribed

as above and N.B. The Roof of that part of the Offices on which the Cupola / is to be built is 7 Feet higher than the Roof in front

Signed and dated

  • c.1794

Medium and dimensions

Pen and sepia wash, pencil additions on laid paper (250 x 520)

Hand

Dance

Watermark

Portal

Notes

The elevation shows Robert Adam's south range that closed off the two office courts. Apparently, a cupola with clock and vane was needed above the pedimented centre of the south front and three cupolas, differing in size but to the same conventional 'tempietto' design, are drawn out. Two other designs, roughed in on the survey elevation and faintly drawn elsewhere, are more decorative with a bell suspended in an open frame below a clock, crowned by an inverted 'bell' supporting a weather vane, on a waisted plinth and with spikey Gothic or Indian detail. Barry's campanile must have superseded Dance's bell turret - if it was built.

Level

Drawing

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