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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/96

Purpose

[3] Design for the first storey of a house, 1778, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a thirteen-by-three-bay building, with the central three bays of the principal and rear façade forming a bow. The central seven-bay block is flanked by projecting three-bay wings. There is a central apsidal ended music room, with an apsidal ended bedroom to the rear, and these are divided by a central passage which links to staircases. The three-bay wings contain bedchambers and dressing rooms to the front and rear, and these are divided by central passages which terminate in water closets

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the One Pair Story / of a house for John Robinson Esqr at Syon Hill (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / No. 3 (brown ink) / Mr. R: has a fair copy of this (brown ink) / Rubb'd out & / altered twice / Music room / B. C. / D. R. / B. C. / D. R. / D. R. / B. C. / D. R / Closet / D. R / B. C. / B. C. / D. R. and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • October 1778
    Adelphi / 1st Octr 1778.

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (483 x 243)

Hand

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

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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