SM Adam volume 45/95

[2] Design for the ground storey of a house, kitchen offices and stables, 1778, unexecuted

Plan of the ground storey of a thirteen-bay building, with the central three bays of the front and rear facades forming a bow, and the central seven-bay block is flanked by projecting, three-bay wings. The central entrance leads to an apsidal hall, with a colonnaded screen. To the rear there is a library with apsidal ends, and to the left of this there is a dog-leg staircase, with an additional staircase to the right. The three-bay wing to the left of the principal block contains an apsidal eating room, with niches, and an apsidal drawing room. The three-bay wing to the right contains domestic offices to the front and rear, and these are divided by a central passage. To the right of the principal building there is an extensive plan for domestic offices and stables. The domestic offices are formed around a rectangular courtyard, and this is flanked by additional courts which contain storage for ashes, wood and coal. The sculleries, wash house and brew house all contain coppers, and there is a circular dairy. Two sets of staircases lead to the upper floor. The rectangular courtyard links to an apsidal stable yard, with a central well (?) The yard is flanked by stables for coach horses, saddle horses and cart horses, with additional space for coaches and carts. Beyond the stable yard there is a menagerie alongside yards for pigs and poultry, and this links to the stack yard. The stack yard is surrounded by barns, straw yards, cattle sheds, a pigeon house and a carpenter’s workshop. Beyond the plan for the principal building and domestic offices, there is a preliminary design for a road