Preliminary design for a sundial, c1763-85 (1)

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex: designs for the house and park for Sir John Griffin Griffin Bt (later 4th Lord Howard de Walden), 1763-85 (18)
    - Park: designs for a bridge, the Temple of Victory, and a sundial

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Preliminary design for a sundial, c1763-85 (1)

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There is no evidence that any such sundial was executed at Audley End. Adam was responsible for a dairy and brewhouse complex in 1763, for which no drawings survive. This is now connected to Adams kitchens by a later building, and it is possible that the sundial was intended for this position.

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