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[23] Design for the ground storey of a house and kitchen offices, c1784, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/73
Purpose
[23] Design for the ground storey of a house and kitchen offices, c1784, as executed
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with a stepped portico entrance to the north and south. The north entrance leads to a hall, and there is a dog-leg staircase and additional staircase to the west. The eating room and drawing room are positioned to the south. To the west of the principal building there is a three-bay link building containing bedchambers, and beyond this there is a three-bay building containing a bedroom and the double-height kitchen. Further west is the plan of the colonnaded courtyard, with a central basin/well
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Principal Story of Doctor Turtons House (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Eating room / Drawing room / Study / Hall / Principal Stairs / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Kitchen continued and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (505 x 284)
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
Watermark
fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 4
Rowan, 1985, p. 38, pls. 8-10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Rowan, 1985, p. 38, pls. 8-10
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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