[3] Design for the addition of the south wing to the house, 1770, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Castle House, Cox's Hill, Calne, Wiltshire: executed designs for a new south wing, and possibly executed designs for the interior, including the hall, dining room and drawing room for David Bull, 1770-1771 (8)
    - Designs for the addition of the south wing to the house, 1770, as executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/36

Purpose

[3] Design for the addition of the south wing to the house, 1770, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of the south front, showing a two-storey, nine-bay house with a hipped roof, and a two-storey canted bay across the central three bays, surmounted by a conical roof. There is is a detail of the side elevation in pencil to the right-hand side of the sheet

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

South Front of a New Addition to the House of Daniel Bull Esqr at Calne in Wiltshire and some dimensions given (verso) Mr Bull's Moulding / at Calne (in pencil)

Signed and dated

1770
datable to 1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (599 x 480)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 204
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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