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[51] Design for the east elevation of a castle-style building, 1787, as executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/2
Purpose
[51] Design for the east elevation of a castle-style building, 1787, as executed
Aspect
East flank elevation of a three-storey, castle-style building with corner turrets, with a taller range to the rear, and an additional wing at one end with a two-storey circular block to the front with a conical roof, and a larger three-storey circular block at one end with a conical roof. The entire elevation is adorned with a mixture of square-headed, arched and cross windows and oculi, as well as machicolated cornices, crenelations, string coursing, balustrading and bartizans
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
East front of Cullean Castle with the additional Building & Circular room proposed to be built towards the Sea. / (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) for The Right Honble The Earl of Cassilles / (verso) 2
Signed and dated
- 1787
datable to 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (551x465)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
Footed P
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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