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Designs for Ancaster House, 1773, executed with alterations (8)
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Designs for Ancaster House, 1773, executed with alterations (8)
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From observation of the extant house, it appears that the fabric was executed in accordance with Adam’s drawings, but with some minor alterations. The mezzanine level with windows on the northwest front was omitted. If they were originally executed, the string course, the majority of the cornice, and the arcade and colonnade around the bow on the southeast front are all now lost. Moreover, the fenestration has been altered, and various additions were clearly made to the building in the nineteenth century, most notably the north-eastern extension and the small south-eastern wing.
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Contents of Designs for Ancaster House, 1773, executed with alterations (8)
- [1] Design showing the ground storey for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
- [2] Design showing the principal (first) storey for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
- [3] Design showing the mezzanine storey for the house, 1773, unexecuted
- [4] Design showing the attic storey for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
- [5] Design showing the principal front for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
- [6] Design showing the garden front for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
- [7] Design showing the side (southwest) front for the house, 1773, executed with alterations
- [8] Design showing the side (northeast) front for the house, 1773, executed with alterations