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Reference number

SM 78/6/17 verso

Purpose

[19] Design (office copy) for the west court at Anniston House as executed, 1786

Aspect

Plan, elevations, and section of a stable-block and greenhouse adjoining a country house. A dressing room annex is attached to the wall of the house, from which the greenhouse forms a wing running west to connect to the stable which is positioned north-south, forming a shallow court open to the north. The greenhouse comprises a colonnade of timber Doric columns, a trussed roof structure, and a masonry wall on the north side, connecting around the dressing room annex to the house via a cover walkway. The stable has a shallow pitched roof with exposed rafter ends forming a pedimented gable, and ornamented with blind arches and a round-headed window on the west end elevation

Scale

bar scale of 2.5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Anniston Copy / Plan labelled: Stable, Green house, Covered Passage, W.C. Lobby, dressing room, Part of house with dimensions given / Elevation of Stables, Elevation of Green house with dimensions given / West Elevation of Stable, labelled: Wood, Stone, Windw with dimensions given / Section of Green house with dimension given

Signed and dated

  • 17 June 1786
    June 17th 1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil with pink, brown, and grey wash on wove paper (524x633)

Hand

Playfair, James (1755--1794) - Art collections

Level

Drawing

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