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[25] Variant designs for a gated screen and lodge, 1789, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 2/157
Purpose
[25] Variant designs for a gated screen and lodge, 1789, unexecuted
Aspect
Upper: ground plan of a lodge with corner turrets and an external privy, comprising a kitchen and staircase
Middle: elevation of a two-storey lodge with flanking circular turrets, and a gated screen with a tall pier on one side. The elevation is adorned with arched windows, machicolated cornices, crenelations and crosses
Lower: alternative elevation of a two-storey lodge with flanking circular turrets and the upper storey in a stepped gable, and a gated screen terminating in an additional three-bay lodge with a raised central storey with a relieving arch. The elevation is adorned with arched windows, oculi, enclosed rosettes, machicolated cornices, crenelations and crosses
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
This Gate for the West approach to Findlater Castle / Pantry / Kitchen / This Sketch With alterations for the East / approach to Findlater Castle. with some dimensions
Signed and dated
- 4/9/1789-5/9/1789
Cullen 4th & 5 Septr. R. A. datable to 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (299x282)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
Fleur de lis [in part]
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 13
King, 2001, p. 244
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 244
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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