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[9] Design for the north front of the house, c1784
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/79
Purpose
[9] Design for the north front of the house, c1784
Aspect
Elevation of the north front of a three-storey, five-bay block with an irregular hipped roof with an oculus in the tympanum. This is flanked by three-storey, single-bay corner turrets with stepped ribbed domes surmounted by a finial. The central block is formed from an irregular mass of buildings. To the east there is a two-bay, two-storey block with a sloping roof and to the west there is a projecting single-storey, two-bay block with a hipped roof
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Elevation of the North Front and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (479 x 265)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
PORTAL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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