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[4] Preliminary design for a lodge, c1777
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/109
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design for a lodge, c1777
Aspect
Rough thumbnail plan and elevation of the principal front, of a circular building, containing two rooms, with two short wings to either side, and a portico of two Tuscan columns, carrying a pediment with an oculus in the tympanum. The drum has a steep pyramidal roof with a central chimney-stack, and the wings have pitched roofs
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Cottage Lodge for the / Duke of Bolton a room / to sit in a Bed room / & Cellar under to be seen / from the road
Signed and dated
- c1777
datable to c1777
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (228 x 175)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 253
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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