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[20] Preliminary design for a rectangular house, 1771, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 163
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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