[7] Design for the north front of a house, 1787, unexecuted

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  - Kirkdale House, Galloway: variant designs for a house, stables, offices, farm range, brewhouse, bridge and cottage for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Baronet, 1786-88, executed in part (43)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/33

Purpose

[7] Design for the north front of a house, 1787, unexecuted

Aspect

North (entrance) elevation of a three-storey, five-bay house with flanking links terminating in three-bay, two-storey pavilions, all over a half-sunk basement, with adjoining basement offices adorned with sculptural groups of putti on dolphins. The main house has a central porte-cochere with Tuscan columns supporting a balustraded parapet. The central bay of the flanking links is articulated by Tuscan columns with a balustraded parapet, and the pavilions are pedimented. The entire elevation is adorned with square-headed windows, some in relieving arches, string coursing and moulded cornices

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

North Front of a new Design for Kirkdale in Galloway. The Seat of Sir Samuel Hannay Baronet. / Extends 282 feet with some dimensions

Signed and dated

1787
Rob^t Adam Arch.^t 1787.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (523x280)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 20
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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