[24] Design for the first storey of a house, c1784, as executed

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  - Brasted Place, Kent, a house and interiors for Doctor John Turton, c1784-88 (44)
    - Preliminary designs, designs and finished drawings for a third scheme for a house, c1784, as executed (12)

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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

Verso

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.

Level

Drawing

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