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[4] Preliminary design for the principal elevation of a castellated house, 1790, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/151
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design for the principal elevation of a castellated house, 1790, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey building, over a half-sunk basement, with flanking links terminating in pavilions with single-storey boundary walls. The central bay projects forward and is flanked by single-bay towers, with a pyramidal roof and the central bay of the end pavilions have stepped gables. There are a mixture of tripartite windows, arched windows, cross windows, slit windows and oculi and across the entire elevation are crenelations, corbelled bartizans, machicolated cornices and hood mouldings
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1790
datable to 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (391x122)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
Part of J Whatman
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 9
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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