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[12] Finished drawing for variant designs for the Crackmore Gate, 1767, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/115
Purpose
[12] Finished drawing for variant designs for the Crackmore Gate, 1767, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay crenellated central block, with a central semicircular-headed arch, flanked by bays with semicircular-headed windows on the ground floor and an oculus above. The central block supports a crenellated single-storey, arcaded drum, surmounted by a single-storey, one-bay crenellated smaller drum with a semicircular-headed window. The central block is flanked on either side by single-storey, one-bay crenellated links containing a door, and a two-storey, one-bay crenellated tower with a semicircular-headed window on the ground floor and an oculus above. Either side is wooden fencing
Scale
bar scale of 1/4 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Design of a Gateway for Sherbourne Castle in Dorsetshire The Seat of the Rt Honble Lord Digby and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- 1767
datable to 1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (507 x 349)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 28
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 230
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 230
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Exhibition history
Robert Adam's Castles, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 16 June - 16 September 2000
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk