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[150] Design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 44/98
Purpose
[150] Design for the building, c1769-76, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a rectangular building, with the central five bays on the principal (east) front projecting, with a central three-bay colonnade, screening an elliptical lobby with two niches at each end, and flanked by niches, and inside the building is a large circular room, with an apse at each end, containing a window flanked by niches at the east end, and screened by two columns at the west end, and the curving side walls also contain two niches each, and are screened by four columns each, and with a small circular room with four niches in each corner of the building
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of a Church intended to be built in Durham yard (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) and some rough calculations in pencil (verso) 4
Signed and dated
- 1769-76
date range: 1769-76
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (594 x 499)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 33
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 66
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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