[3] Finished drawing for an extension to the south end of the house, 1758, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Thistleworth (now Gordon) House, Isleworth, Middlesex: executed designs for an extension; a greenhouse; and two variant unexecuted designs for a temple for Lieutenant General Humphrey Bland, 1758-63 (12)
    - Finished drawings for an extension to the south end of the house, 1758, as executed(4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/60

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for an extension to the south end of the house, 1758, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of the principal front (east front) showing a one-and-a-half-storey, five-bay house with a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay extension with a pyramidal roof, and pedimented ground floor windows

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Front of Thistleworth House, with the proposed Addition to it / for General Bland

Signed and dated

1758
datable to 1758

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (590 x 399)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Bed Rooms proposed to be added to Thistleworth House General Bland

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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