[5] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1774

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  - London
    - Great George Street, number 10, London and an unknown site for Henry Drummond, 1765-1781 (13)
      - Preliminary design and designs for a house, unknown site, c1774 (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/46

Purpose

[5] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1774

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a three-bay house with the central bay slightly projecting. Positioned at the front of the house there is a screened hall and apsidal-ended dining room. The hall leads through to the principal staircase, opposite which there is a columnar screen with a buffet room beyond. Towards the rear of the house there is an additional staircase and an apsidal-ended dressing room and study, both link to a circular closet which forms a central bow of the rear front. Narrow advances in the end bays contain an additional closet and a powdering room, each with a water closet set within a niche

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Parlor Story of the Second Design B. / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) Henry Drummond Esq / 14 (pencil) / Powdering room / Closet / Closet / Dressing room / Study / Back Stairs / Principal Stairs / Buffet room / Hall / Dining room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1774
c1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including pink and Naples yellow within a single ruled border on laid paper (236 x 452)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37, pl. 98
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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