[1] Design for the ground storey of a lodge, executed to a variant design, 1766

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  - Deputy Ranger's Lodge, Green Park, London, commissioned by Archibald Montgomerie, 11th Earl of Eglington, 1769, executed to a variant design, and for Lord William Gordon, 1778, unexecuted (10)
    - Designs for a lodge, 1766, executed to a variant design (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/27

Purpose

[1] Design for the ground storey of a lodge, executed to a variant design, 1766

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with the central three bays of the principal front slightly projecting, and with a central entrance. Beyond this there is a hall with a staircase, and this is flanked by domestic offices to the left and kitchen offices to the right. At the rear there is an octagonal parlour, with niches, and this forms a canted bay for the rear façade. Beyond the parlour there is a preliminary plan for a curved screen or colonnade

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of Parlor floor of the Lodge / Housekeepers Room / Parlour / Kitchen / Closet / Butlers Room / Scullery / Pantry and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

1766
[__]bt Adam Archt. 1766

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (297 x 470)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Verso

2 / 2 / (cropped) [_]n 1 A Montgomerie

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 45
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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