[1] Design for a castellated gate and lodges, c.1785-92, unexecuted

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  - Drummond Castle, Perth and Kinross: Design for a castle gate and lodges for James Drummond, c.1785-1792, unexecuted (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/86

Purpose

[1] Design for a castellated gate and lodges, c.1785-92, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a two-storey castellated gate with flanking single-storey wings comprising a passage, kitchen, parlour and bedroom with internal staircases. The elevation is adorned with corbelled bartizans, crenelations, pepper-pot turrets, machicolated cornices, hood mouldings, moulded panels and weathervanes

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan and Elevation of a Castlelated[sic] Gate & Lodge / for Drummond Castle for James Drummond Esq^r of Perth / Ground Plan of the Lodges & Part of the Arena within / Passage / Kitchen / Parlor / Bedroom / (verso) number 20 / James Drummond Esqr n^r Perth

Signed and dated

10/9/1785-92
Edinburgh 10^th Sept^m / datable to c.1785-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (307x480)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, Daniel Robertson or John Robertson

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 9
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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