[7] Design for the first storey of a house, c1788, executed with minor alterations

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  - Beckenham Rectory, Beckenham, Kent, designs for a house for the Reverend William Rose, c1788, executed (24)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/108

Purpose

[7] Design for the first storey of a house, c1788, executed with minor alterations

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a three-by-four-bay house containing bedchambers, dressing rooms and closets. There is a central staircase and balustrade landing, and an additional staircase to the north-east. To the rear there is a dressing room which forms the central three-bay bow in the five-bay rear front

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/8 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the one pair story / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) for the Revd Mr Rose / Bed Chamber / Dress.g room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Closet / Closet / Powdering room / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber and some dimensions given / (pencil) To be framed(?) / A door to go into [_] dressing room - - -

Signed and dated

c1788
c1788

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (233 x 257)

Hand

Possibly
Robert Adam, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 3
Rowan, 1985, p. 66
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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