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[3] Preliminary design showing a plan for the house, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/129
Purpose
[3] Preliminary design showing a plan for the house, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough plan for a nine- by five-bay house, flanked by quadrant links, with a circular tower on each corner, and with the central three bays recessed on the principal front, and flanked by circular towers, and with central three-bay bows on each side. The central three bays on the garden front projecting and flanked by circular towers, and containing a central circular room
Scale
not to scale
Signed and dated
- 1774
datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (195 x 116)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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