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[43] Design for a group of castle-style buildings, 1784, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/9
Purpose
[43] Design for a group of castle-style buildings, 1784, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey castle-style building set within a clifftop landscape, with a central rotunda with a conical roof, flanked by three-storey ranges with corner turrets, with a two-storey block at one end with a bow end, and at the other end a two-storey group of buildings including a single-storey bowed bath house, and a two-storey circular brew house with a conical roof. The entire elevation is adorned with square-headed, arched and cross windows, some within relieving arches, as well as machicolated cornices, string coursing, balustrading, crenelations and bartizans
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Another Design of Cullean Castle / for the Earl of Cassillis ~ / (verso) 1
Signed and dated
- 22/11/1784
Adelphi / 22.d Nov.r 1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (585x409)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 8
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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