[8] Design for a house, 1774, as executed with alterations

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    - Bellevue House, Drummond Place, Edinburgh: designs for a house and stables for Major General John Scott, 1774-76 (13)
      - Designs for a house, 1774-75, as executed with alterations (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/77

Purpose

[8] Design for a house, 1774, as executed with alterations

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) and bedchamber (second) storeys of a house as Adam volume 43/76, but with no sunk area, and with tripartite windows to either side of the bow on the first storey of the garden front. With reception and domestic rooms on the first storey, and bedrooms on the second storey

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story (in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Passage / Bed Chamber / Closet / Passage / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Plan of the principal Story for Genl Scott Edinburgh (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber / Closet / Drawing Room / Dining Room / Dressing Room / Hall / Staircase / Dressing Room and some measurements given (verso) 6 / 14 (in pencil) / Number 14 (in red pen) / Plans for General Scott / 2d Design

Signed and dated

1774
Adelphi December 22. 1774

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (498 x 573)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 12
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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