[12] Design for the south elevation of the castle-style offices, 1788, 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 48/31

Purpose

[12] Design for the south elevation of the castle-style offices, 1788, as executed

Aspect

South (principal) elevation of a two-storey range of offices as shown in SM Adam volume 48/28, with the addition of arched windows, slit windows, crosses, and machicolated cornices

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Elevation of the south Front or entrance to the Stable & Farm Offices at Castle Upton / (in a different hand) Incase the Building of the Principal Gate at entrance is not begun or much advanced, / I have made some small variations from the first Design which would improve it / Another copy of this drawn on Parl paper / [_ _ _ _ _] [_ _] with some dimensions

Signed and dated

16/12/1788
Albemarle Street / 16^h Dec^m. 1788-

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (454x274)

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.

Level

Drawing

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