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[9] Design for the upper storey of the stables, 1789, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/71
Purpose
[9] Design for the upper storey of the stables, 1789, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of the upper storey of a stable block, with a central, three-bay building containing servants' rooms, and this is flanked by L-shaped wings containing hay lofts and granaries. The left-hand wing also contains a barrack for sick servants
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the second Story of ^ stable Offices for Ruscomb- / (and underwritten in pencil) Hay Loft / Grainery / Hay Loft / Sick Servants Barrack / Hay Loft / Passage / Hay Loft / Servants room / Servants room / Passage / Servants room / Servants room / Hay Loft / Passage / Hay Loft / Servants room / Hay Loft / Grainery / Hay Loft and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- May 1789
Albemarle Street / 30.t May 1789-
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (594 x 479)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Daniel Robertson or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Daniel Robertson or Robert Morison
Verso
5 / This to be placed seventeenth (brown ink) / 17 (pencil) / 5 / Lord Chief Baron Eyre stables at Ruscombe / 17 (pencil) / 5
Watermark
PORTAL & BRIDGES, GR surmounted by a fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 394; Volume II, pp. 183, 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 394; Volume II, pp. 183, 225
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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