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[4] Preliminary design for the ground storeys of a lodge and kitchen offices, c1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/6
Purpose
[4] Preliminary design for the ground storeys of a lodge and kitchen offices, c1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-three-bay building, with the central three bays of the principal front slightly projecting. There is a central entrance which leads to a hall with a staircase. To the rear there is a circular parlour with niches, and this forms the bow front for the rear façade. Beyond the principal front there are preliminary plans possibly for cellars at the basement storey level. To the left of this there is a plan of the ground storey of a three-by-two-bay building, which contains kitchen offices, and this building is enclosed by a wall. There is a preliminary plan for a tunnel which links the kitchen offices to the principal building. To the right of all this there is a preliminary elevations for a columnar screen, surmounted by an urn, and of a connecting balustrade
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Green Park Lodge / for Lord William Gordon (pencil) / Parlor / Hall / Kitchen / Larder / Scullery / Piccadilly and faint pencil inscription
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (542 x 380)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
IV
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 45
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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