[11] Design for the ground storey of an octagonal house, 1779, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/90

Purpose

[11] Design for the ground storey of an octagonal house, 1779, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of an octagonal building formed around an octagonal drum, and with a circumference of twenty-four bays. There is an entrance portico, and every three bays of the façade are flanked by projecting niches. The principal entrance leads to an apsidal hall, flanked by a bedroom and closet for the porter. The hall links to a central octagonal staircase. To the right of the principal entrance there is an additional entrance, which leads to a lobby and a circular staircase. The rooms surrounding the central staircase are principally domestic offices, with a three-bay billiard room to the left

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story- / of a house at Syon Hill for (in the hand of William Adam) / John Robinson Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / Ground story of a new Design for Syon Hill (pencil) / No. 61 (brown ink) / Mr. R. has a fair copy (brown ink) / Great Staircase / Still room and Store room / Bedroom / Closet / Housekeepers room / (obscured) / China Closet / Lobby / Closet / Great Coats / Servants Hall / Closet for Porter / Hall / Porters Bed / Stewards room / Billiard room / Plate room / Butlers Pantry / Bedroom and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

November 1779
Adelphi / 18.t Nov.r 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (447 x 564)

Hand

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

Verso

Watermark

PVL

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
Rowan, 1985, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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