[9] Design for the roofs of a range of stables and offices, 1789, as executed

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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)
    - Designs for additions to a castle-style house, and a range of stables and offices, 1788-89, executed in part (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/40

Purpose

[9] Design for the roofs of a range of stables and offices, 1789, as executed

Aspect

Roof plan for a rectangular range of offices enclosing two courts. At each corner are octagonal blocks with pyramidal roofs, with rectangular blocks in the central ranges with a range of hipped, pitched and pyramidal roofs

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of Roofs for the Offices at Castle Upton / (in pencil) the Seat of the Right Honourable Lord Templeton / (in a different hand, in pen) The parts shaded blue represent the lead gutters, The / red dotts[sic] shew the Rain Water pipes & the red lines mark / the way they go through the Walls to convey the water / from the gutters into the pipes / The 4 Angular octagon buildings to have battlements / With gutters of lead round them The Center Octagon / buildings to have [_ _ _]y dripping Ends / Albemarle Street 14^th Febry 1789 ~ / (in pencil) The lead gutters to be [_ _ _ _] a light blue with some calculations

Signed and dated

13/2/1789
Albemarle Street / 13^h Febry 89

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and cerulean blue wash on laid paper (287x482)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Literature

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

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