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[6] Design for the house and offices, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/80
Purpose
[6] Design for the house and offices, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of garden (north) front of a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay central block with a hipped roof, and flanked by two-storey, three-bay links leading to two-storey, one-bay pavilions, all above a half-sunk basement, and the principal storey of the central block is rusticated, with windows set within relieving arches, and a string course which extends to envelop all five blocks, and the upper storeys of the central block have a frieze containing roundels, an entablature, and a Corinthian pilaster at each end, and four paired Corinthian engaged columns articulating a central three-bay bow surmounted by a stepped dome with an oculus, and the links are each articulated by a portico of two Doric columns in the centre and a Doric pilaster at each end, with a Doric frieze, and a flat roof, with a pedimented central window, surmounted by a tablet, and flanked by windows surmounted by medallions, and the pavilions are pedimented each with three acroteria, with their window set within a relieving arch
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/10 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the North Front of a New Design for Alexander Speirs Esqr at Kings Inch near Glasgow
Signed and dated
- December 1776
Adelphi / Decr. 16t. 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen, brown pen and pencil on laid paper (497 x 602)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Verso
2
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 395
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 395
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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