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[21] Preliminary design for a stables and offices, 1786, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/214
Purpose
[21] Preliminary design for a stables and offices, 1786, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevations and part-sections of a two-to-three storey stables and office range with a large circular stable range adorned with buttresses, oculi, and a ground floor arcade, with a central drum tower. The adjoining offices alternate between round towers and curved ranges of varying heights. The entire elevation is adorned with machicolated cornices, string coursing and corbelled bartizans
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c.1786
datable to 1786
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (242x401)
Hand
Probably
Robert or James Adam
Robert or James Adam
Watermark
PORTAL & BRIDGES
Literature
King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 245
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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