[13] Design for the second storey of an octagonal house, 1779, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/92

Purpose

[13] Design for the second storey of an octagonal house, 1779, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the second storey of an octagonal building with a twenty-four-bay circumference. The three-bay facades are flanked by paired columns. Within there is a central, colonnaded, octagonal light well, which is surrounded by a passage which links to bedchambers, dressing rooms and powdering rooms. On the right-hand side of the light well there is a circular staircase, which links to a segmental ante room, and this is flanked by bedchambers with an apsidal end. The bedchambers link to powdering rooms and a water closet. To the left of the central light well there is an oval dressing room, flanked by irregular-shaped bedchambers. The second storey also contains square dressing rooms, which link to servants’ bedrooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story- (underwritten in pencil) / of a house for John Robinson Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / proposed to be built at Syon Hill (in the hand of William Adam) / No. 63 (brown ink) / Mr. R. has a fair copy (brown ink) / A / B / Dress.g room / Servants Bed room / Powdering room / Bed Chamber / Anti room / Bed Chamber / Powdering room / Servants Bedroom / Dress.g room / Gent.m Dess.g room / Bed Chamber / Lady's Dressing room / Powdering room / Bed Chamber / Powdering room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

November 1779
Adelphi / 18.t Nov. 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (441 x 572)

Hand

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

Verso

number 19 / John Robinson Esqr Syon Hill 3d design

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
Rowan, 1985, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

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