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[24] Design for the first storey of a house, c1784, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/74
Purpose
[24] Design for the first storey of a house, c1784, as executed
Aspect
Plan of the first storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with an entrance portico to the north and south. There is a central conical light well, and this is surrounded by bedrooms and dressing rooms. To the north west there is a dog-leg staircase, and an additional circular staircase. To the west of the principal building there is the roof line of the domestic offices
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story / (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) of Doctor Turtons house / Bed Chamber / Mrs Turton's Dressing room / Mrs Turton's Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Staircase / Dressing room / S (pencil) / N (pencil) / This Plan of the Offices Dressing(?) Rooms(?) (pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (407 x 303)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part-title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part-title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
7
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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