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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.

Level

Drawing

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