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[5] Preliminary design for the south front of a house, 1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/222
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design for the south front of a house, 1787, unexecuted
Aspect
South front elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with flanking links terminating in three-bay, three-storey pavilions, all over a half-sunk basement. The main house has principal-floor Venetian windows with a central perron staircase, and Giant Ionic pilasters to the floors above. The ground floor windows are repeated in the flanking links, with a balustraded parapet and pyramidal roofs. The pavilions are pedimented with an arcaded ground floor
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1787
datable to 1787
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (437x145)
Hand
Probably
Robert or James Adam
Robert or James Adam
Literature
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 127
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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