Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[13] Design for the second storey of an octagonal house, 1779, unexecuted
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/92
Purpose
[13] Design for the second storey of an octagonal house, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the second storey of an octagonal building with a twenty-four-bay circumference. The three-bay facades are flanked by paired columns. Within there is a central, colonnaded, octagonal light well, which is surrounded by a passage which links to bedchambers, dressing rooms and powdering rooms. On the right-hand side of the light well there is a circular staircase, which links to a segmental ante room, and this is flanked by bedchambers with an apsidal end. The bedchambers link to powdering rooms and a water closet. To the left of the central light well there is an oval dressing room, flanked by irregular-shaped bedchambers. The second storey also contains square dressing rooms, which link to servants’ bedrooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Bed Chamber Story- (underwritten in pencil) / of a house for John Robinson Esqr (in the hand of William Adam) / proposed to be built at Syon Hill (in the hand of William Adam) / No. 63 (brown ink) / Mr. R. has a fair copy (brown ink) / A / B / Dress.g room / Servants Bed room / Powdering room / Bed Chamber / Anti room / Bed Chamber / Powdering room / Servants Bedroom / Dress.g room / Gent.m Dess.g room / Bed Chamber / Lady's Dressing room / Powdering room / Bed Chamber / Powdering room and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- November 1779
Adelphi / 18.t Nov. 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (441 x 572)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
number 19 / John Robinson Esqr Syon Hill 3d design
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.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 134
Rowan, 1985, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk