SM Adam volume 45/105

[6] Design for the basement storey of a house and the ground storey of the kitchen offices and stables, 1779, unexecuted

Plan of the ground-storey of a thirteen-bay building, with a central seven-bay block, which has a central entrance set behind a semi-circular colonnade. The entrance leads to a hall with a colonnaded screen, which links to a central passage terminating in staircases. Flanking the hall there are parlours, and to the rear of the block there is a central billiard room with a bow window. To the left of the billiard room there is a bedroom, and to the right a room with wine bins. The flanking three-bay wings contain domestic offices. To the right of the principal building there are domestic offices and stables. There is a central courtyard, surrounded by kitchen and domestic offices, which includes an oval dairy. The scullery, wash house and brew house contain coppers, and there is an additional oven in the bake house. On the right-hand side of the courtyard there is storage for coals, wood and ashes, and there is a gateway which leads to a stable yard. This is surrounded by stables for coach horses and saddle horses, and storage for coaches and hay. A further gateway leads to a yard which is surrounded by a piggery, barn and carpenters workshop, with an additional area for water closets and dung