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[17] Preliminary design for the sixth scheme, c1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/25
Purpose
[17] Preliminary design for the sixth scheme, c1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan, and elevations of the principal and garden fronts of a building, with a T-shaped central block, with a two-storey, three-bay canted principal front, and a three-storey, seven-bay garden front, with the central three bays forming a circular tower with a conical roof, and the end bays are formed of slightly projecting square towers, and the central block is flanked on the principal front by single-storey, six-bay links with flat roofs, and single-storey, three-bay canted wings, although the principal front of one of these wings is shown as flat on the plan
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
some rough calculations given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- c1777
datable to c1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (274 x 170)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 164
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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