[13] Design for an elevation and section of a range of castle-style stables and 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 48/33

Purpose

[13] Design for an elevation and section of a range of castle-style stables and offices, 1788, as executed

Aspect

Part-elevation and section of a two-storey building comprising a central arched opening surmounted by a tower with a stepped roof terminating in a turret with a tall pyramidal roof, flanked by additional archways, with an additional range on one side terminating in a pavilion with a pyramidal roof. The entire elevation is adorned with a mixture of square-headed windows, arched windows, crosses, and oculi, as well as crenelations, string coursing and corbelled bartizans

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

(Underwritten in pencil) Elevation of the Coach House & back front of the Calf house &ct. at Castle Upton / (in a different hand) the seat of / the Right Hon^ble Lord Templeton ~ / Gateway to Farm / Yard / (in pencil) [_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _/ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _] / Light [_ _ _ ] into the Lofts above / & they be open on [_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _] is thought / necessary. The [_ _ _ _ _] need be / as [_ _ _] more than [_ _ _ _ _] with some dimensions

Signed and dated

16/12/1788
Albemarle Street / 16^h. Dec^r. 1788 –

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash and lemon yellow wash on laid paper (482x295)

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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