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[2] Design for the first storey of the house, c1772, as executed
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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
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.
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
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk