[9] Design for the north east front of a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - 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)
    - Designs for a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted (13)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/29

Purpose

[9] Design for the north east front of a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted

Aspect

North east elevation of a three-storey, thirteen-bay building over a half-sunk basement with projecting ends flanked by circular turrets. The central bay has a deep porte-cochère with a balustrade adorned with lozenges, with tripartite windows above framed in a tall, recessed arch, flanked by square towers, with heraldry above. The elevation is adorned with arched windows, square-headed windows, crosses, and oculi as well as machicolated cornices, balustrading, and string coursing

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

North East front of Findlater Castle towards the Court / Extends 153 feet / (verso) no 4

Signed and dated

14/8/1789
Albemarle Street / 14.^th August 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (492x291)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 13
King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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