[1] Finished drawing for additions to the principal floor of a castle-style house, 1783, executed to a variant design

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  - Castle Upton, Templepatrick, Co Antrim: designs for additions to a castle and a new stable block and offices for Clotworthy Upton, Lord Templetown, and a mausoleum dedicated to Arthur Upton, 1783-89 (16)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/34

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for additions to the principal floor of a castle-style house, 1783, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Principal (first) floor plan of an irregular-shaped building comprising two adjoining rectangular ranges with two round towers to two of the corners, and a deep single-bay bow between the two ranges containing a staircase. There is a large external stair with a proposed enclosed porch, as well as an additional proposed internal stair with a niche and closet on one side. The different colour washes denote the existing fabric (black) and proposed fabric (pink)

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Lord Templetown

Signed and dated

28/5/1783
Adelphi / 28^h May 1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash within a ruled border on laid paper (387x269)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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