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[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, 1783, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/38
Purpose
[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, 1783, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the basement storey of a five-by-five-bay building, with the first and fifth bays of the west and east front slightly projecting. The central bay of the west front is bowed, and there is a stepped entrance in the third and fourth bays of the north front. This provides access to a central passage running north to south, which contains a staircase. Leading off from the passage there are a number of vaulted and barrel-vaulted domestic offices, kitchen offices and cellars
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Ground Story of a Town house for The Earl of Findlater (in the hand of William Adam) / Housekeepers room / Wine in bottles / Water Closet / Closet / Bedroom / Store room / Beer Cellar / Wine in bottles / Wine in Casks / Passage / Valets room / Passage / Passage / Butlers Pantry / Kitchen / Scullery / Dry Larder / Wet Larder / Servants Hall / Stewards room / (all underwritten in pencil) 25 (red ink) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- September 1783
12.t Sep.r 1783.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (592 x 475)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
no 3 / no 6 (crossed through) / no 3
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, pp. 103-4, Index, p. 45
Rowan, 1985, p. 138
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 57, 102-6, 130
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 138
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 57, 102-6, 130
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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