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Reference number

SM Adam volume 8/8 verso

Purpose

[27] Preliminary design for the boat house and cold bath, c1761-71, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough elevation of a single-storey, five-bay rusticated building, with individual pitched roofs on each bay. The central bay contains a segmental arch, flanked by pedimented link bays containing urn-filled niches, and then further bays with segmental arches. To the left is a pedestal supporting an urn

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Boat House & Cold Bath Lord Shelburne

Signed and dated

  • 1761-1771
    date range: 1761-71

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (328 x 205)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 4
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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