[10] Finished drawing for the house, date range: 1762-80, unexecuted

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  - Eyton House, Ayton, Berwickshire (?): unexecuted designs for a house for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, c1762-80 (12)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/15

Purpose

[10] Finished drawing for the house, date range: 1762-80, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan as Adam volume 41/14, but not showing the loggia or external stairs on the central block, not showing the top of the links, and showing only the central rooms of the pavilions, and roofs on either side

Scale

bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Eyton House. the Seat of The Earl of Bath (the Seat of The Earl of Bath in the hand of William Adam) / Servants Bedroom / Servants Bedroom / Servants Bedroom / Servants Bedroom / Dressing Room / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Passage / Bed Chamber / Landing of Great Stairs / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Servants Bedroom / Servants Bedroom / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bedroom / Servants Bedroom and measurements given

Signed and dated

1762-1780
date range: 1762-80

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (647 x 465)

Hand

Adam office hand, with additions to inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Verso

6 / 3 (in pencil) / Number Three (in red pen) / Earl of Bath

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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