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[4] Design for the principal elevation of a castle-style building, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/47
Purpose
[4] Design for the principal elevation of a castle-style building, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Principal elevation of a three-to-four storey castle over a half-sunk basement, with a series of circular, square and canted-bay towers. In the centre are three bays within relieving arches with a perron staircase. The entire elevation is adorned with string coursing, square-headed windows, arched windows, crosses, oculi, hood moulding, machicolated cornices, and crenelations
Scale
bar scale of 5/8 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design for the Principal front of Cardiff Castle One of the Seats of the Right Honble Lord Viscount Mountstewart / (verso) 1 / Lord Mount Stuart
Signed and dated
- 22/4/1777
Adelphi / May 22d 1777~
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (820x384)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 6
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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