[8] Design for the ground storey of the stables, 1789, possibly executed

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  - Ruscombe House, Berkshire, designs for alterations to a house and for offices for Sir James Eyre, 1789, possibly executed (12)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/70

Purpose

[8] Design for the ground storey of the stables, 1789, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a stable block, with a central, three-bay coach house, flanked by L-shaped wings, with coach horses stabled in the left-hand wing and saddle horses stabled in the right-hand wing

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story of Stable Offices for Ruscomb- / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) the seat of Lord Chief Baron Eyre / Coach horse Stable / Passage / Harness room / Stable for field horses / Coach Horse Stable / Double Coach house / Double Coach house / Double Coach house / Saddle horse stable / Stable for Strangers horses / Saddle room / Saddle horse stable and some dimensions and figures given

Signed and dated

May 1789
30.t May 1789-

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (478 x 591)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Daniel Robertson or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES, GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 394; Volume II, pp. 183, 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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