SM Adam volume 46/1

[6] Finished drawing for a country house, c1790, partly executed

Above - Elevation of a two-and-a-half-storey, three-bay building, with a pitched roof, and with a central, projecting pedimented bay. This has a stepped, porticoed entrance, articulated by Doric pilasters. Above this, at first storey level, there is a half-height tripartite window, and with a Diocletian window in the upper register. The central bay is flanked by single-bays, with quarter-height windows at basement level, arched windows above, and with oculi in the upper register. This central building is flanked by submerged, three-bay link buildings, with quarter-height windows at basement level, and surmounted by wrought iron railings. Beyond this, there are single-story pavilions, with Venetian windows, and each surmounted by a weather vane. There are alterations (in pencil) showing the submerged link building Below - Plan of a three-by-one-bay house, with a stepped north entrance leading to a hall with niches and a colonnaded screen. Beyond this there is a rectangular space, with a central stairwell set within a square compartment. To the south there is a circular room with windows, forming a bowed front to the south. There are faint preliminary drawings (pencil) for a plan of the flanking east and west wings, with link passages and stepped entrances leading to square pavilions