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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/102

Purpose

[9] Preliminary design showing a plan and elevation for the house, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough plan and elevation (which do not correspond to one another) for a rectangular three-storey building, with a hipped roof, and a central bow, which is colonnaded on the first storey
  • image SM Adam volume 1/102

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Mr Hatton (in pencil)

Signed and dated

  • 1774
    datable to 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (204 x 246)

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

It is possible that this elevation relates not to Eastwell Park but to Ancaster House in Richmond.

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 124
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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