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[2] Preliminary design showing the elevation (west) towards Chancery Lane, 1771-74, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 21/42
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design showing the elevation (west) towards Chancery Lane, 1771-74, unexecuted
Aspect
Unfinished elevation (west) towards Chancery Lane showing a three-storey, nineteen-bay central block, with a hipped roof, surmounted by a large dome, and with the central three bays projecting, and with an arcade in the ground storey, surmounted by a portico and pediment, and this is flanked by four curved bays, with an arcade in the ground storey, surmounted by a colonnade, and the end three bays are projecting, articulated by pilasters at each side, and with a Venetian window within a relieving arch on the first storey, and this central block is flanked by one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay balustraded links, with central arches, flanked by niches/windows, and beyond are three-storey, five-bay pedimented wings, with a central arched door, flanked by windows, and with projecting end bays containing relieving arches over the windows on the ground storey, and above the bays are articulated by Ionic pilasters, with a central balustraded Venetian window within a relieving arch, and beyond is another link of the same design
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet
Signed and dated
- 1771-74
date range: 1771-74
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (563 x 260)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 57
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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