Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[3] Design showing a detail of the principal front of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/94
Purpose
[3] Design showing a detail of the principal front of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the principal front of the house, showing a two-storey principal block on the slope of a hill, so that only the left-hand half of the house is visible on the ground storey, with a three-bay canted projecting portion at the left-hand end, with pointed arched windows, and a conical roof, and beside this there is a door on the ground storey, and above are five bays of arched windows, and on the right-hand side is a single-storey, single-bay, pedimented and domed pavilion, and beyond is a three-bay colonnaded link, terminating in a fourth bay containing an urn filled niche, and these bays are surmounted by a hipped roof, and behind is a two-storey, three-bay crenellated tower, with slit windows, and to the right-hand side of the house is a crenellated and colonnaded link connecting the conservatory
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
South Front of part of the House and Offices at Shaw Park / The Seat of Lord Cathcart (on small affixed sheet) (verso) 3
Signed and dated
- 22/05/1775
Adelphi 22 May 17[cropped but datable to 1775]
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (468 x 228)
Hand
Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk