[10] Design for the ground storey of a house and domestic offices, 1785, unexecuted

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  - Saint Hill House, Sussex, for Gibbs Crawfurd, variant designs for a house, 1785, unexecuted (13)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/104

Purpose

[10] Design for the ground storey of a house and domestic offices, 1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey level of a three-by-three-bay addition to a house, with a porte cochère for the central bay of the principal front, and a stepped entrance flanked by turrets. This leads to a hall with a niche, and there is a staircase beyond. The hall is flanked by a rectangular drawing room and dining room, and both contain tripartite and bow windows. This block links to an irregularly shaped building which contains kitchen offices, with a separate stepped entrance to the left and a kitchen with a canted bay window to the rear. There are plans for alterations to the existing building, forming an apsidal space with a columnar screen, possibly a library

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/8 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of Saint Hill House & additional Building with the bow Windows / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) for Gibbs Crawford Esqr / Kitchen / Larder / Pantry / Servants Hall / Lobby / Mr Crawfords room / Drawing room / Staircase / Hall / Dining room / 104 (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

December 1785
Adelphi / 15.t Dec.r 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (496 x 491)

Hand

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

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 164
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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