[14] Design for a conservatory, 1782, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Ray House or Ray Lodge, Woodford, Redbridge, designs for a conservatory, farm and stable offices, and for alterations to a house for Sir James Wright, Bt., c1773-1782 (17)
    - Designs for a conservatory with an avairy and tea room, c1782, possibly executed (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/91

Purpose

[14] Design for a conservatory, 1782, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of a conservatory, with the central three bays of the principal front projecting and containing a stepped entrance. The principal front is set behind a columnar screen, and the building terminates in three-bay pavilions. Within the building there is a central space surrounded by columns, and this links to flanking walkways. On the left-hand side of the building there is a circular tea room with the internal entrance set behind a curved colonnaded screen. On the right-hand side of the building there is a circular aviary, also accessed via an internal entrance set behind a colonnaded screen. At the rear of the building there is a shed with a central stove, and this feeds the flues set across the rear of the conservatory

Scale

bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Conservatory &c.t (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) at Ray Hall / the Seat of Sir James Wright Bart / Shed / Shed / Stove / Shed / flue / flue /flue / Tea Room / Closet / Aviary / 89 (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

November 1782
Adelphi / 6.th Novr 1782

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (943 x 381)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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