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[5] Design for a bath house, 1774, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/58
Purpose
[5] Design for a bath house, 1774, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the lower level of a bath house, with a central passage, flanked by coal rooms. To the south of the passage there are oval staircases leading to the upper floor, and with rooms for bathing gowns beyond. To the north, there is an apsidal-ended cold bath, flanked by circular dressing rooms with niches, and the north entrance is accessed by paired, curved stairs. To the east and west there are additional vaulted baths, with bowed, stepped entrances beyond. To the south of the building there are pipes for supplying the baths and its reservoir, with an additional pipe for waste
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Salt water Baths at Mistley / (and in the hand of William Adam) the seat of the Right Honble Richard Rigby / Publick Cold Bath / Dressing Room / Coals / Boiler / Dressing Room / Passage / Private Cold Bath / Private hot Baths / Coals / Dressing Room / Bathing Gowns / Bathing Gowns / Pipe for supplying the Reservoir from the Sea / Pipe for supplying the Baths / Waste Pipe and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- Dec 1774
Adelphi Dec.r 19.t 1774
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (496 x 651)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
6 / 6
Watermark
PVL
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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