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[3] Preliminary design for stables, c1764, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 9/124
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design for stables, c1764, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan and elevation of a stable court. The principal front is composed of a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay, pedimented, slightly projecting central block, with a small dome, and a central carriage arch, flanked by single-storey, three-bay links containing stables, with a door in each bay surmounted by a Diocletian window, and beyond are one-and-a-half-storey, single-bay pedimented pavilions, containing carriage arches, and with Diocletian windows in the pediments. Behind the principal front is a rectangular court containing a central oval ring, and with further stables in each rear corner, connected by colonnades to a central three-bay coach house
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Dung and some measurements given in pencil
Signed and dated
- c1764
datable to c1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (254 x 190)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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