[10] Preliminary design for an addition to the house, 1774, as executed

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  - Polton, Lasswade, Midlothian: designs for the enlargement of the house for Mrs Anne Calderwood Durham, 1788 (1)
    - Ardencaple, Helensburgh: executed and unexecuted designs for additions to the house, and the interior, and for unexecuted castle gates for Lord Frederick Campbell, 1762-74 (14)
      - Preliminary designs for an addition to the house, 1774, as executed (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 10/30

Purpose

[10] Preliminary design for an addition to the house, 1774, as executed

Aspect

Plan of a tower flanked by turrets, with an oval room in the tower, with three windows, and a niche opposite the windows, with the plan of a ceiling shown, with a central medallion, and a border of rosettes enclosed by wreaths, and the tower is flanked by turrets, one of which contains a water closet, and the other contains part of a staircase

Scale

bar scale of 2 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Ardencaple Lord Frederick Campbell / Water Closet / Green Door / Gib

Signed and dated

1774
datable to 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (254 x 190)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 2
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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