[11] Finished drawing for the second storey of a house, c1784, unexecuted

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  - Brasted Place, Kent, a house and interiors for Doctor John Turton, c1784-88 (44)
    - Preliminary designs and finished drawings for a second scheme for a house, c1784, unexecuted (14)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/83a

Purpose

[11] Finished drawing for the second storey of a house, c1784, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a five-by-five-bay building, with one-by-three-bay wings to the east and west. The north front has a central balcony linking to a dressing room. The south front has a portico. There is a central passage leading to the principal staircase, and the passageway links bedrooms and dressing rooms. The wings contain further bedrooms, dressing rooms and closets. The wing to the east has a central lobby and an additional staircase

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 John Turtons House at Brasted Kent / Back Staircase / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Servants Bed room / Bed Chamber / Passage / Dressing room / Lobby / Passage / Principal Staircase / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Servants Bed room / Bed Chamber / Powdering room / Closet and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1784
c1784

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and cerulean blue wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (770 x 362) (approx. with fliers open)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part-title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

Watermark

J KOOL surmounted by fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche / J KOOL surmounted by fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 4
King, 2001, Volume I, pp. 106, 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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