[20] Design for a church, 1766, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Rt Hon. James Stuart Mackenzie: unexecuted designs for a castle, a tower and a church, 1766 (26)
    - Designs for a church
      - Preliminary designs and designs for a church, 1766, unexecuted (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 44/93

Purpose

[20] Design for a church, 1766, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a church, with a three bays on the east and west fronts, both with a central door flanked by niches. There are nine bays on the north front, with a central three-bay projecting bow, and with seven bays on the south front, with the central bay projecting as a three-bay transept. The building contains a staircase, as well as spiral staircases in the north-east and north-west corners of the church, and with pews in between

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Church for Mr Stewart Mackenzie (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil)

Signed and dated

1766
datable to 1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (483 x 285)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Nasmith and William Hamilton, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG surmounted by cartouche with garter and surmounted by fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 56
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 67
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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