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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/28

Purpose

[11] Design for the north west elevation of a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted

Aspect

North west elevation of a three-storey, fifteen-bay building over a half-sunk basement with corner turrets and turrets flanking the central three bays. The central bay has tripartite windows within a tall, recessed arch. The entire elevation is adorned with a mixture of arched, square-headed, and slit windows as well as crosses, string coursing and a machicolated cornice

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

North West Front of Findlater Castle / Extends 156 feet / (verso) no 3

Signed and dated

  • 1789
    datable to 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (494x218)

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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