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[1] Preliminary design for additions to a building in the castle-style, c.1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/182
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for additions to a building in the castle-style, c.1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan (in part) and elevation of additions to an existing building in the castle style. The whole building comprises part of an old quadrangular building with a new range at one end, with corner circular towers. There is a central rotunda, containing a drawing room, flanked by two apsidal-ended rooms with corner circular turrets, followed by double-apsidal rooms containing a library and drawing room with central bows. The elevation is adorned with a mixture of arched and square-headed windows, some within relieving arches, as well as oculi, string coursing, crenelations and machicolated cornices
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Willm McDowall Esqr / Old House / Powd / room / Water / Closet / Stairs / Library / Privy / Anti / - / room / Drawg room / Eating room / Butlers / Pantry / Plate with some room dimensions, and some calculations in pencil
Signed and dated
- c.1791
datable to c.1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (316x199)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
T FRENCH
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 6
King, 2001, p. 161
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 161
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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