[10] Preliminary design for the elevation of a castle-style house, c.1788-89, unexecuted

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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 1/71

Purpose

[10] Preliminary design for the elevation of a castle-style house, c.1788-89, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey castle-style house with four-storey circular towers with conical roofs and a single-storey, arcaded, circular room with a conical roof followed by a three-storey, five-bay wing with corner towers and a projecting central three bays with a stepped entrance. Across the entire elevation are a mixture of square-headed windows, arched windows, and oculi as well as machicolated cornices, string coursing, crenellations and corbelled bartizans

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Signed and dated

c.1788-89
datable to c.1788-89

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (455x239)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, probably Robert or James Adam

Watermark

W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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