[8] Design for the second 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 46/49

Purpose

[8] Design for the second storey of a house, c1774

Aspect

Elevation of a three-bay house with the front central bay slightly projecting. At the front of the house there is a nursery and bedchamber. Beyond this there is the principal staircase an additional staircase, and a lead flat which forms part of a light well At the rear of the house there are two apsidal ended bedchambers. The rear left-hand bedchamber is linked to a circular dressing room, which forms the central bow of the rear façade. Narrow advances in the end bays form powdering rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of the Second Design B. / Powdering room / Dressing room / Powdering room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Lead flat / Dressing room / Nursery maids room / Bed Chamber / Nursery

Signed and dated

c1774
c1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink within a single ruled border on laid paper (247 x 454)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 37
King, 2001, Volume II, pl. 100
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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