[27] Alternative preliminary design for a gatehouse, 1787, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/225

Purpose

[27] Alternative preliminary design for a gatehouse, 1787, unexecuted

Aspect

Alternative sketch elevation of a gatehouse with a central arch surmounted by a clock tower and steeple, with pedimented openings and a weathervane, flanked by additional arches with stepped gables and corner corbelled bartizans. The elevation is adorned with machicolated cornices, arched windows, and crosses. There is an additional sketch of the steeple as well as some round towers

Scale

to a scale

Signed and dated

c.1787
datable to c.1787

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (167x172)

Hand

Probably
Robert or James Adam

Watermark

Crowned cartouche [in part]

Notes

This drawing 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.

Level

Drawing

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