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[1] Preliminary design for a bath house, c1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 10/78
Purpose
[1] Preliminary design for a bath house, c1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a five-bay building with a stepped colonnaded entrance, flanked by niches, leading to a circular sea/tea(?) room beyond. To the north there is a bowed colonnade, and to the east and west of the sea room steps lead to rectangular wings containing additional bath pools
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Sea Room(?) / Rt Honble Richard Rigby Mistley Hall / Essex
Signed and dated
- c1774
c1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (223 x 172)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 22
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 249; Volume II, pp.182-3, 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 249; Volume II, pp.182-3, 223
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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