[20] Design for the second storey of a house, 1779, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/102

Purpose

[20] Design for the second storey of a house, 1779, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the second storey of a nine-by-five-bay building, with a colonnaded portico in the central three bays of the principal front, and a colonnaded screen for the central bay of the rear front. There is a central square light well surrounded by passages, and with a staircase to the right. The passages link to bedchambers, dressing rooms and powdering rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story / for Syon House (in the hand of William Adam) / No. 56 (brown ink) / Mr. R. has a fair copy (brown ink) / Bed Chamber / Powd.g room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Area / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Ladys Dressing room / Bed Chamber / Powd.g room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

November 1779
Adelphi / 18.t Nov.r 1779

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (367 x 474)

Hand

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

Verso

Watermark

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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