[3] Design for the first storey of a house, c1777, possibly executed

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  - Drummonds Bank, Charing Cross, London, 1777-1779, part executed (16)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 31/119

Purpose

[3] Design for the first storey of a house, c1777, possibly executed

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a five-bay house, with proposed additions. At the front of the house, across the central three bays, there is a large apsidal room which leads to an oval room with niches. To the rear of the house (right) there us a further room which connects via a staircase to the book-keepers room and a separate front entrance below (Adam volume 31/118). Additions to the side and rear of the house contain a further staircase and a rear-projecting three-bay room

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 5 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the One pair Story / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) of a house for Messrs Drummonds Charing Cross / Anti room / Water Closet / Closet / Staircase / Staircase and some dimensions given / (and in a modern curatorial hand, pencil) another plan 4 sheets on

Signed and dated

c1777
c1777

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (446 x 531)

Hand

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

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 36
Sands, 2016, p. 25
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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