[6] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1785, unexcuted

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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 45/56

Purpose

[6] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1785, unexcuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a three-by-three-bay house, with the central bay of the principal front set behind a porte cochère, and with a central entrance leading to an apsidal-ended hall. To the left there is a room with apsidal ends containing niches, and to the right there is a passage leading to a dog-leg staircase and an additional room to the rear. The central bay of the rear façade is projecting, and contains a stepped entrance leading to a large rectangular room

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Principal Story of a House for Gibbs Crawford Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Hall / Staircase and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1785
c1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (472 x 293)

Hand

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

Verso

Watermark

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 133
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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