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[32] Preliminary design for the stables, 1785, unexecuted
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 1/111
Purpose
[32] Preliminary design for the stables, 1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation, similar to drawing one, with a thirteen-bay curtain wall around the ground storey, with a central carriage arch, flanked by tapering circular towers containing slit windows surmounted by cross-shaped slit windows, and beyond are link walls each containing four arched windows surmounted by an oculus window, and further tapering towers. The first storey is narrower, being nine bays wide, with a central window within a relieving arch, flanked by projecting bays containing slit windows, and surmounted by pepper-pot turrets, and beyond to either side are two windows, each within a relieving arch, and a further projecting bay with a pepper-pot turret. The second storey is narrower still, being five bays wide, and containing cross-shaped slit windows, and surmounted by a flag
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- 1785
datable to 1785
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (255 x 195)
Hand
Robert Adam
Literature
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 245
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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