[25] Preliminary design for a gatehouse, 1787, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 21/144

Purpose

[25] Preliminary design for a gatehouse, 1787, unexecuted

Aspect

Sketch elevation of a gatehouse with a central arched surmounted by a clock tower and steeple with pedimented openings flanked by round towers with pepper-pot roofs. Flanking the central arch is a smaller arch with a corner corbelled bartizan. The entire elevation is adorned with moulded cornices, machicolated cornices, and arched windows

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Signed and dated

c.1787
datable to 1787

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (137x147)

Hand

Probably
Robert or James Adam

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGE

Notes

This design appears to have been influenced by the medieval Netherbow Port of Edinburgh which was demolished in 1764 and engraved in William Maitland’s History of Edinburgh (1753).

Literature

King, Volume 2, 2001, p. 245
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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