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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/75

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a house, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a house comprising three rooms arranged around a central hall and staircase, with a central rear bow, with flanking links terminating in stable blocks with rear yards. The principal front is two-storeys high and five-bays wide with a central, open-pediment porch, with a pediment above the central three bays and dormer windows to the flanking outer bays

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Signed and dated

  • ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (313x256)

Hand

Probably
Robert or James Adam

Watermark

I TAYLOR

Literature

Rowan, 1985, pp. 24-25
King, 2001, p. 259
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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