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Bolton highlights the consideration given to Brasted’s domestic offices, and the indications of extensive planning of a standard that is remarkable for this period. The domestic offices executed were formed in an asymmetrical wing, and Rowan notes that the elevations for this were not included in the drawings intended for publication (SM Adam volume 42/68).
In the executed domestic block King notes the multiple levels, with the basement level of the offices varying at either end, and neither of these align with the basement level of the principal building. King considers the possibility that Adam was incorporating an earlier building as part of the design. The domestic office wing was altered in the nineteenth and twentieth century, when it was built up and extended.
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Contents of Preliminary designs, designs and finished drawings for a third scheme for a house, c1784, as executed (12)
- [22] Design for the basement storey of a house and kitchen offices, c1784, as executed
- [23] Design for the ground storey of a house and kitchen offices, c1784, as executed
- [24] Design for the first storey of a house, c1784, as executed
- [25] Design for the attic storey of a house, c1784, as executed
- [26] Preliminary design for the north front of a house, c1784, as executed
- [27] Preliminary design for the north front of a house and kitchen offices, c1784, as executed
- [28] Finished drawing for the north front of a house, c1784, as executed
- [29] Finished drawing for the north front of a house, c1790, as executed
- [30] Preliminary design for the south front of the house and kitchen offices, c1784, as executed
- [31] Finished drawing for the south front of a house, c1784, as executed
- [32] Finished drawing for the east front of a house, c1790, as executed
- [33] Design for a house, c1784, as executed
- [34] Design for a house and adjoining offices, c1784, as executed