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  • image SM Adam volume 35/68

Reference number

SM Adam volume 35/68

Purpose

[17] Design for the attic storey, 1786, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the attic storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with a central rectangular block, with a semi-rotunda to the north and south. The principal block is formed with a central light-well, with windows providing light to the north, south and east, and a staircase and water closet to the west. This is surrounded by passageways linking to bedrooms. The northern semi-rotunda contains bedrooms with curved north walls. The semi-rotunda to the south contains a central closet, flanked by irregularly-shaped bedrooms with further closets

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Attick Story / Closet / Bedroom / Closet / Closet / Closet / Bedroom / Closet / Bedroom / Closet / Closet / Passage / Bed room / Closet / Closet / Bed room / Passage / Lumber room / Bed room / Bedroom / Bedroom / Bedroom / No. 9 and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • October 1786
    Albemarle (crossed through) St / 25.t Oct.r 1786

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (325 x 483)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Verso

No 7 (?)

Watermark

J WHATMAN

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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