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[1] Preliminary design for the first scheme, c1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/28
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for the first scheme, c1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevations of the principal and garden fronts of a castellated house, with a central block, composed of a four-storey, three-bay tower, canted on the principal front, and a bow on the garden front with the first-storey windows within relieving arches, and this central tower is flanked by three bays, arcaded on the ground storey and with windows within relieving arches on the principal front, and beyond are single-bay square towers, with the first-storey windows within relieving arches on the garden front, and the central block is flanked by single-storey links, being five bays on the principal front, and three bays on the garden front, each with a central door, and being three-storey, three-bay wings, with canted bows on the ground storey, surmounted by arched windows, and with bartizans and pitched roofs on each front, and visible from each front is a single-bay square tower above the link adjacent to the wings
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sketch of Entry front for the Oaks / Sketch of Garden front for the Oaks /It is thought Room may be got over the great Room & Kitchen / by means of turret Stairs. To be building intitely of Bricwork / Coverd with Liardet. The body of the / House to be kept lighter in proportion to the Wings, which / are to Come forward on the Entry side & be kept back on / the side towards the grounds & prospect
Signed and dated
- c1777
datable to c1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (198 x 205)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 24
Astley, 2000, p. 29
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 164
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Astley, 2000, p. 29
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 164
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