[15] Preliminary design for a circular stable range, c.1789, unexecuted

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  - Findlater Castle, Moray: designs for a castle, stables and offices, gates and a bridge for James Ogilvy 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, 1789, unexecuted (26)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/113

Purpose

[15] Preliminary design for a circular stable range, c.1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a single-storey circular stable range with a central classical arched gateway adorned with columns, a central panel and corner bartizans, flanked by curved stables ranges with single-storey pavilions with pyramidal roofs and corbelled bartizans, followed by additional ranges. Within the centre of the stable range is a three-storey circular block with a conical roof terminating in a gallery with a spired bell tower, adorned with machicolated cornices and buttresses

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

c.1789
datable to c.1789

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (302x150)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

W surmounted by a cartouche with a fleur de lis above

Literature

King, 2001, p. 244
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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