[7] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Whitehaven Castle, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumberland: designs for alterations to the house for Sir James Lowther, 5th Baronet (later 1st Earl of Lonsdale), 1766-c1770 (12)
    - Designs for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed (8)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/59

Purpose

[7] Design for alterations to the fabric of the house, c1766, as executed

Aspect

Elevation of the side (west) front of a crenellated house with a three-storey, nine-bay central block, with a central three-bay bow, and a pitched roof, flanked by three-storey, three-bay wings, with hipped roofs, with each of the door and windows surmounted by a hood moulding

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

A New Design for the West Front of Sir James Lowther's house at Whitehaven and some measurements given (verso) Lord Lonsdale

Signed and dated

c1766
datable to c1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (543 x 268)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Giuseppe Sacco

Watermark

JVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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