[4] Preliminary design for a house, 1772, unexecuted

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  - Bicton House, East Budleigh, Devon: unexecuted designs for a house and a gatehouse for John Rolle Walter, 1772 (7)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 2/110

Purpose

[4] Preliminary design for a house, 1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a three-storey, seven-bay balustraded house, with a hipped roof, and the central three bays rusticated and slightly projecting on the ground storey, and containing a central entrance, and surmounted by a portico of fluted Ionic columns, supporting a pediment, and the windows on the first storey are balustraded, there are Ionic pilasters articulating the edges of the house, and the roof line is crowned by five figurative sculptures

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Signed and dated

1772
datable to 1772

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (429 x 311)

Hand

Robert Adam

Watermark

GR surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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