[36] Record drawing for the pyramid gate, 1776, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Nostell Priory, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: designs for interior decoration, alterations to the house, and buildings in the park for Sir Rowland Winn, 5th Baronet, 1765-85 (39)
    - Buildings in the park
      - Alternative preliminary designs and a record drawing for the pyramid gate, 1776, Adam volume 51/73 as executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 51/73

Purpose

[36] Record drawing for the pyramid gate, 1776, as executed

Aspect

Plan and elevation of a gate and lodge, set within a pyramid, with a central semicircular-headed carriage arch, flanked by engaged Doric columns supporting a pediment, and to either side are slit windows, beyond which are a lodge and bedroom, and the pyramid is flanked by a perimeter wall, terminating in a pedestal supporting a sculpted sphinx, and beyond is a low perimeter wall

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Design of a Gateway for the Park at Nostel. One of the Seats of Sir Rowland Winn Bart / to be situated at the approach to the House from the York and Pontefract roads / Plan of the Gateway / Lodge / Bed room / A / B / C / D and measurements given in pen and pencil (verso) Number 15 (in red pen)

Signed and dated

15/10/1776
Adelphi October 15t 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (496 x 732)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 358
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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