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[5] Alternative preliminary design for a cottage, unexecuted, October 1778
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/114
Purpose
[5] Alternative preliminary design for a cottage, unexecuted, October 1778
Aspect
Rough plans and elevation of a five-bay building with a pitched roof and central pediment similar to that in Adam volume 4/58. A large arched window set in an arched recess, free-standing tree-trunk columns, and a bowed rear façade. One of the two plans is an alternative drawn in pencil
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Plan & Elevation of a Thatched Hutt / for Thomas Towers Esqr / at Weald Hall Essex
Signed and dated
- October 1778
R.A. Oct 23d 1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (207 x 310)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 259
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 259
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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