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  • image SM Adam volume 36/19

Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/19

Purpose

[7] Design for the third scheme for the building, c1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Elevation of a two-storey, three-bay building, with a hipped roof, a rusticated ground storey, and the bays on the first storey are articulated by lotus leaf capital pilasters, and contain Venetian windows within relieving arches, and to the left-hand side of the façade is a one-storey wall containing an arched doorway

Scale

1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Principal Front of a New Design for a County Court, Town Hall and Goal for Appleby and some measurements given

Signed and dated

  • datable to c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (476 x 260)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31; Harris, 1971, p. 4
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 53
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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