[30] Design for Briesley (or Brizlee) Tower, 1777, as executed

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  - Alnwick Castle, Northumberland: designs for interior decoration and buildings in the park for the 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1769-83 (36)
    - Preliminary designs and designs for Briesley Tower (popularly known as Brizlee Tower), 1777, Adam volumes 19/156-158 as executed (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 19/158

Purpose

[30] Design for Briesley (or Brizlee) Tower, 1777, as executed

Aspect

Second- and third-storey plans and section as Adam volumes 19/156-157

Scale

bar scale of 2 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section of the Tower for Briesley and some measurements given

Signed and dated

18/11/1777
18th Novr. 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (407 x 610)

Hand

Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Literature

Fleming, 1958, p. 79
Beard, 1978, p. 51
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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