[2] Design for the ground storey of a house, 1777, possibly executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Commercial buildings
  - Drummonds Bank, Charing Cross, London, 1777-1779, part executed (16)
    - Designs for a house, 1777, possibly executed (5)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/118

Purpose

[2] Design for the ground storey of a house, 1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a five-bay house, with proposed additions. At the front of the house, across the central three bays, there is a shop with apsidal ends containing raised platforms set behind tellers’ counters, with one half of the apse partitioned. The shop connects to an oval room with niches and a book-keepers room with a further counter. Beyond this a staircase leads to the strong room below (Adam volume 31/117). Additions to the side and rear of the house, containing further rooms, are accessed via a separate front entrance. To the rear (in pencil) there is a stepped, balustraded area and a latrine

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Parlour Story- / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) of a House for Messrs Drummond Charing Cross / Hall / Closet / Tellers / Acomptants / Closet / Shop / Closet / Tellers / Acomptants / Staircase / Staircase / Book-keepers room / Closet / (and in pencil) Beds in [_ _ _ _ _] / no niches on the first(?) (faint pencil inscription) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

Jan 1777
Adelphi Janry 31.st 1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and Naples yellow within a double ruled border on laid paper (444 x 533)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Sands, 2016, p. 26
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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