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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/31

Purpose

[11] Preliminary design for an addition to the house, 1774, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay tower, with crenellations, and a conical roof, flanked by three-and-a-half-storey turrets, with crenellations, and conical roofs, and oculus windows in the top most register. Behind the tower is a higher stepped gable, with two small windows, and a central stack

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Lord Frederick Campbell and a key and measurements given

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    datable to 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (233 x 237)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 2
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

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