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[2] Designs for the village, 1766, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/67
Purpose
[2] Designs for the village, 1766, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of the interior front of one half of the village as in Adam volume 33/68, divided axially from the principal gate to the rear gate opposite, with a two-storey, seven-bay central block, with a hipped roof, and the two end bays slightly projecting; this is flanked by single-storey, eight-bay ranges, and further single-storey, six-bay ranges which are slightly projecting, and with the end wall to the cottage adjacent to the principal gate on the far right-hand side, and part of the smith's shop shown in section at the far left-hand side. Below this is an elevation of the exterior rear entrance, incorporating the smith's shop from Adam volume 33/68, being composed of a one-and-a-half-storey, three-bay building, with a hipped roof, and with a slightly projecting central carriage arch, surmounted by a pediment. Below this is an elevation of the exterior principal front, with a central tripartite ironwork gate, supported by two pyramid-topped piers, and flanked by buildings, each with a two-storey, three-bay central block, with a pyramidal roof, and the central block is flanked by single-storey, two-bay wings, with hipped roofs
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Design of a Village for Sir James Lowther Baronet taken from the Line AB / Another Front of Gateway, Smiths Shop at A / Another Front of the Village taken from the line CD
Signed and dated
- 1766
datable to 1766
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (488 x 565)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Giuseppe Sacco, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
XD&CB within cartouche
Literature
Brunskill, 1967, pp. 60-61
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 77
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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