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

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

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/27

Purpose

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

Aspect

South east elevation of a three-storey, thirteen-bay building over a half-sunk basement, with corner turrets, and a central five-bay, four-storey drum tower with a ground floor arcade. The ground floor windows are within recessed arches, the remaining elevation has a mixture of square-headed, arched and slit windows and the elevation is adorned with crosses, balustrading, string coursing and machicolated cornices

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

South East front of Findlater Castle / Extends 156 feet / (verso) no 2

Signed and dated

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

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (490x284)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

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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