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Preliminary designs, finished drawings and a record drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations (10)
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Preliminary designs, finished drawings and a record drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations (10)
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The executed house, although never finished, was more like the second scheme seen in the finished and record drawings (Adam volumes 43/25-43/32) than Adam's rough preliminary designs (Adam volumes 54/7/219-54/7/220.
Various connections between the designs for Witham and other Adam projects have been made. Harris has compared the saloon with the library at Kenwood, with apsidal ends screened by columns. She has suggested that it was probably intended to have a similar barrel-vaulted ceiling, but there is no graphic evidence for this as presumably the house was abandoned after Beckford's death in 1770, before this element had been installed. King notes that there are similarities in the architectural design for Witham and Great Saxham House, Longleat, and the Royal College of Physicians. Wilson-North and Porter note similarities with Harewood and Mersham-le-Hatch.
Various connections between the designs for Witham and other Adam projects have been made. Harris has compared the saloon with the library at Kenwood, with apsidal ends screened by columns. She has suggested that it was probably intended to have a similar barrel-vaulted ceiling, but there is no graphic evidence for this as presumably the house was abandoned after Beckford's death in 1770, before this element had been installed. King notes that there are similarities in the architectural design for Witham and Great Saxham House, Longleat, and the Royal College of Physicians. Wilson-North and Porter note similarities with Harewood and Mersham-le-Hatch.
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Contents of Preliminary designs, finished drawings and a record drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations (10)
- [1] Preliminary design for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [2] Preliminary design for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [3] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [4] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [5] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [6] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [7] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [8] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [9] Finished drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations
- [10] Record drawing for the house, 1762, partly executed with alterations