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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/100

Purpose

[5] Preliminary design showing an elevation for the house, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough view of a three-storey castellated house, with a rectangular central block, with projecting central and corner towers, and with a two-storey quadrant link visible to the left-hand side. Beyond is a two-storey, rectangular pavilion with corner towers

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Sketch of a castle for Mr Hatton

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    datable to 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (267 x 122)

Hand

Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 162
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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