[16] Design for the first storey, 1786, unexecuted

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  - Hill House, Putney Heath, three schemes for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Bt., c1786-7, unexecuted (25)
    - Second scheme for Hill House, Putney, c1786
      - Designs for a house, c1786, unexecuted (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/67

Purpose

[16] Design for the first storey, 1786, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with a central rectangular block, flanked by semi-rotundas to the north and south. The central block is formed with a principal, dog-leg staircase, and an additional staircase in the centre, with servants’ bedrooms to the south, and powdering rooms to the north. To the east and west there are rectangular bedchambers, and closets. The semi-rotunda to the north contains a central rectangular bedroom, with a curved north wall, and this is flanked by bed chambers with apses. The southern semi-rotunda contains apsidal-ended bed chambers, with closets. Beyond the north and south façades there are curved, balustraded balconies

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 a house on / Putney Heath for Sir Samuel Hannay Bart. / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Closet / Servants Bedroom / Servants Bedroom / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Closet / Powdering room / Powdering room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / no. (cropped) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

October 1786
Albemarle Street (obscured where affixed) / 25.t Oct.r 1786 (obscured where affixed)

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (290 x 488)

Hand

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

Watermark

fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 80-1, 127, pl. 128
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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