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[5] Preliminary design showing an elevation of the garden front of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/38
Purpose
[5] Preliminary design showing an elevation of the garden front of the first scheme for the house, 1775, unexecuted
Aspect
Rough elevation of the garden front of the principal block of the house, showing a two-storey, thirteen-bay, crenellated building, with the central three bays slightly recessed, and containing slit windows, which are within relieving arches on the first storey, and these bays are flanked by three gabled bays which are slightly projecting, with a door flanked by slit windows on the ground storey, and a Venetian window within a relieving arch on the first storey, and beyond these, to the right-hand side there is a two-storey, three-bay canted projection with a conical roof, and ogee windows, and to the left-hand side, there is a two-storey, single-bay projecting tower, with a slit window on the first storey
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 1 foot
Signed and dated
- 1775
datable to 1775
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (346 x 199)
Hand
Robert Adam
Watermark
IV
Literature
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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