3 Robert Street

 3 Robert Street, London

11.5" x 17", pen and sepia ink and coloured pencils in Large Moleskine Sketchbook

copyright Katherine Tyrrell

 

This is the building from which I drew the River Thames - see Storm clouds over Westminster.  I was in the room on the fourth floor (in the roof) on the left hand side.  This used to be JM Barrie's sitting room and study and which has a magnificent view of the Thames.

3 Robert Street is an original part of the Adelphi Terrace development designed and built between 1768 & 1774 on the banks of the Thames by the Adams Brothers led by Robert Adam.  Robert Street is in fact named after Robert Adam.  It's a listed building - and one I used to work in around about 20 years ago.

When designing the Adelphi, Robert Adam was reputedly influenced by a visit he made to the ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia.  The link is to a digitzed version of the book he compiled as a result. 

I had been trying to get all four floors plus a bit of pavement in - but ran out of space so the ground floor has been chopped off.  I find it much more difficult when having to look up at a building (and down and up and down and up) to judge distances!  Somehow it's a lot easier when you're looking straight ahead!