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[6] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/60
Purpose
[6] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed
Aspect
Elevation of the principal (north) front of a crenellated house, with a three-storey, seven-bay central block, with a pitched roof, and with a central door on the ground storey, and the central block is flanked by three-storey, single-bay wings, with pitched roofs, and with a tripartite window on each storey, and each of the door and windows is surmounted by a hood moulding
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
A Design for the North Front of Sir James / Lowther House at Whitehaven and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1766
datable to c1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (541 x 335)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco
Watermark
IHS IVILLEDARY
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
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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