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[9] Design for the roofs of a range of stables and offices, 1789, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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 14th Febry 1789 ~ / (in pencil) The lead gutters to be [_ _ _ _] a light blue with some calculations
Signed and dated
- 13/2/1789
Albemarle Street / 13h 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
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
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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