[8] Preliminary design for alterations to the house, 1774, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/38

Purpose

[8] Preliminary design for alterations to the house, 1774, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground plan of a nine-bay house, with two-bay corner pavilions, a colonnade across the west front, and a three-bay bow on the west front, and with a domestic court on the north side

Scale

bar scale of 1/16 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

South / Plan of a house for Alexander Wedderburne Esqr / afterwards Earl of Rosslyn Lord Chancellor of England (Plan of a house for Alexander Wedderburne Esqr / afterwards Earl of Rosslyn Lord Chancellor of England in the hand of William Adam) / East / Study / Drawing Room / Drawing Room / Eating Room / Antichamber / Servants hall / Hall / Butlers Room / West / aviary / Portico / Scullery / Larder / Larder / Yard for Birds &c / Store Room / Housekeepers room / Grand Court / Kitchen / Kitchen Court / Cellers under this Wing / Grass / Cellers under this Wing

Signed and dated

1774
Adelphi / Octr 18t 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (494 x 494)

Hand

Robert Adam, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

LVG and a fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 23
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 386, Volume II, p. 132
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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