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[4] Preliminary design showing plans for the house, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/101
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design showing plans for the house, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough variant plans for a house composed of a rectangular central block, with projecting bows on the sides, and circular towers to front and rear, with quadrant links on each front corner, connecting to H-shaped pavilions, and with quadrant links connecting to gatehouses in front of the house forming an elliptical forecourt, and with oval courts beyond each pavilion, and a segmental boundary wall running behind the house
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sketch of a Castle Plan for Mr Hatton and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1774
datable to 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (176 x 239)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 124, 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 124, 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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