SM Adam volume 21/29

[27] Alternative preliminary designs for Briesley (or Brizlee) Tower, 1777, unexecuted

Ground plan, two alternative elevations of the principal front, and a detail of a viewing tower; containing a central spiral staircase; and with a projecting ground storey. The left-hand elevation shows a neo-classical scheme, with doors and windows on the ground storey surmounted by oculus windows, and set within relieving arches; the ground storey is surmounted by a first-storey viewing platform, above which is a three-storey circular tower; containing slit windows, and with the bays articulated by three-storey relieving arches; and at the top of this tower is another viewing platform, and a narrower single-storey tower. The right-hand elevation shows a Gothic scheme, with three-bay screens of lobed arches alternating with single projecting bays containing ogee niches on the ground storey; and the ground storey is surmounted by a balustraded first-storey viewing platform, and a three-storey octagonal tower with arched windows; and this tower is surmounted by another balustraded viewing platform, and a narrower single-storey octagonal tower. There is a detail in the bottom right-hand corner showing one of the lobed arches of the ground-storey screens in the Gothic scheme