[11] Design for the north west elevation 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 36/28

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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