[20] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1771, unexecuted

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  - Lowther Hall and village, Penrith, Cumberland: designs for a model village, and unexecuted designs for rebuilding Lowther Hall, a dairy, banqueting house, gateway and stables for Sir James Lowther, 5th Baronet, 1766-71 and 1785 (41)
    - Lowther Hall
      - Preliminary designs, a design, and a finished drawing (possibly made for publication) for a rectangular house, 1771, unexecuted (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/46

Purpose

[20] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1771, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of a house arranged around three courts, the interior arranged asymmetrically, but the exterior is arranged with a central block, articulated by projecting end bays, and with two small square towers flanking the centre of the principal front, and with a central bow in the garden front, and the central block is flanked by wings, which are recessed on both principal and garden front, but on the principal front the furthest end bay is projecting, and there is a circular tower in the corners between the projecting and recessed portions of the wings

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Lowther Hall the Seat of Sir Jas Lowther (in the hand of William Adam) / No. 15. / Sir James has a very imperfect / Copy of this Design it only / being part in Pencil & part in / Ink (verso) No 5. / Sir James Lowther (in pencil)

Signed and dated

1771
datable to 1771

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (652 x 509)

Hand

Adam office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

XD&CB within a cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 21
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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