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[50] Design for the north front of a group of castle-style buildings, 1787, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/1
Purpose
[50] Design for the north front of a group of castle-style buildings, 1787, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of a three-storey castle-style building set within a clifftop landscape, with a central rotunda 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 tripartite windows and oculi, some within relieving arches, as well as machicolated cornices, string coursing, balustrading, crenelations and bartizans
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
North Front of Cullean Castle towards the Sea with the New Additions proposed / (in a different hand) for the Right Honble Earl of Cassillis / (in a curator’s hand, in pencil) 1787 / (verso) Cullean Castle / 2 Elevations 2 Sections 3 Plans
Signed and dated
- 1787
datable to 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (592x474)
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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