[1] Survey drawing of the ground storey of a house, 1791, unexecuted

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  - Rudding Hall, Harrogate, Yorkshire, survey drawing and designs for additions to the house for Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, unexecuted (4)
    - Survey drawing, design and a finished drawing for additions to the house, c1791, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/100

Purpose

[1] Survey drawing of the ground storey of a house, 1791, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of an eleven-bay building, with the central five-bays flanked by canted bays. There is a central entrance which leads to a breakfast room, and an apsidal parlour containing a canted bay window. To the rear of the parlour there is a curved passage which links to an irregularly-shaped projecting room on the eastern side of the building, and to the domestic offices. The canted bay room to the west contains a drawing room with an apsidal end, and this links to a staircase. To the north of the building there is a three-bay block containing domestic offices

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the present House of Rudding hall (and in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of The Right Honble Lord Loughborough / Scullery / Larder / Larder / Kitchen / Cook / House Keeper / Butler / Drawing room / Breakfast room / Parlor and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

April 1791
Albemarle Street / 27.t April 1791-

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (487 x 283)

Hand

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

Literature

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

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Drawing

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