[2] Design for the first storey of the house, c1772, as executed

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    - St James's Square, number 20, London, designs for a house and interiors for Watkin Williams-Wynn, c1772-1777 (99)
      - Designs and a finished drawing for a house, c1772, as executed (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 40/67

Purpose

[2] Design for the first storey of the house, c1772, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a three-bay building, with a dog-legged staircase containing an apse and niches. The staircase links to a rectangular ante room and a two-bay drawing room with an apsidal end. The front drawing room links to a rear, apsidal ended drawing room, which has a three-bay bow window. The rear drawing room links to a dressing room with colonnaded screens, and beyond this there is a bedchamber, powdering room, water closet, and additional staircase. To the rear of the building there is a laundry, wash house, and hay loft. The laundry has a colonnaded screen at one end

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/5 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plans of /Sir Watkin Williams Wynnes / House St James's Square (in the hand of William Adam) Anti Room / 1st Drawing Room / Closet / 2d Drawing Room / Dressing room / Bed Chamr / Powdering room / Water Closet / Laundry Maids Bed room / Laundry / Closet / To let down hay and Straw / Wash House / Hay Loft and some measurements given

Signed and dated

c1772
c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (173 x 610)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

Robert Adam's London, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 30 November 2016 - 11 March 2017

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