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[12] Preliminary design for a dairy, c1765-74, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 54/7/179
Purpose
[12] Preliminary design for a dairy, c1765-74, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan and elevation within a landscape, of a two-storey, five-bay building, with a tiled hipped roof, with the central three bays on the ground storey recessed, and screened by two columns, and with a central staircase behind, and the dairy building has an enclosed rectangular court to the rear, and this is flanked by additional rectangular courts, one with a sty for pigs, and the other with stalls for cows
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Anthony Chamier Esqr / Pigs Stys / Cow sta[lls] / Dairy & Bake House yard and some calculations
Signed and dated
- 1765-1774
date range: 1765-74
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (179x 226)
Hand
Robert Adam
Verso
Two rough plans and a rough elevation of the same
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 257
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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