[1] Design for the basement storey, c1786, unexecuted

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  - Hill House, Putney Heath, three schemes for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Bt., c1786-7, unexecuted (25)
    - First scheme for Hill House, Putney, c1786
      - Preliminary designs, designs and finished drawings for a house, c1786, unexecuted (13)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/60

Purpose

[1] Design for the basement storey, c1786, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the basement storey of a five-by-four-bay building. To the north, a coal vault extends beyond the principal front. To the south there is a vaulted space for wine, with a curved south wall, and in the centre there is a further space for wine bins and an oval staircase. To the east and west are domestic offices, with a vaulted space to the east containing a sunken cold bath, with a separate side room for a hot bath

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story (affixed) / Housekeepers room / Wine in Casks / Servants Hall / Store room / Closet / Cold Bath / Hot Bath / Wine binns / Area / Butlers Bedroom / Porters Bedroom / Porters room / Shoes & Boots / Sub Hall / Butlers Pantry / Plate / Plate / Coal Vault and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1786
c1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (290 x 303)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 26
Rowan, 1985, p. 58
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 109, 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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