[5] Design for the rear elevation of a house, c.1773-92, executed status unknown

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  - Denovan House, Falkirk: designs for a house for John Johnstone, of Alva, c.1773-92, executed status unknown (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/23

Purpose

[5] Design for the rear elevation of a house, c.1773-92, executed status unknown

Aspect

Rear (south) elevation of a three-storey, seven-bay house with a hipped roof, and flanking single-storey wings terminating in pavilions with pyramidal roofs. There is a two-storey, three-bay bow in the centre of the house with a balustrade at the top, within a full-height five-bay pedimented projection, flanked by tripartite windows on the principal floor. The ground floor is rusticated, and the principal floor has balustrading and a moulded cornice. The flanking wings have openings within moulded architraves with consoles, and the pavilions are rusticated with a single recessed arch framed by columns supporting an entablature

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of the South Front of Donovan House in Stirlingshire for John Johnston Esq^r

Signed and dated

c.1773-92
datable to c.1773-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (526x307)

Watermark

IVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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