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Variant preliminary designs for an unidentified villa in a late Gothic style, 80 feet by 51 feet
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Reference number
SM D2/8/20
Purpose
Variant preliminary designs for an unidentified villa in a late Gothic style, 80 feet by 51 feet
Aspect
[3] Front elevation of five-bay, three-storey villa with four-storey lantern tower, 84 ft wide
Scale
1/8 in to 1 ft
Inscribed
some dimensions given
Medium and dimensions
Pen, sepia wash, pencil on wove paper, affixed to [SM D2/8/21] (185 x 280)
Hand
Dance
Notes
This design is Classically proportioned but with four-centred windows, tripled in the centre, and a wide porte-cochere. Four turrets articulate the flat-fronted facade behind which rises a rectangular lantern tower.
Level
Drawing
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