[21] Design for the first storey of a building, 1767, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/30

Purpose

[21] Design for the first storey of a building, 1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a thirteen-by-eleven-bay building formed around a central square courtyard. The central five bays of the principal front are set behind a portico and the central three bays of the remaining fronts form bow windows, with the bows in the right- and left-hand facades set behind columnar screens. The outer parade of rooms contains bedrooms and dressing rooms. The inner rooms which overlook the courtyard contain servants’ rooms, water closets and powdering rooms. At each corner surrounding the courtyard there is a square staircase set behind a columnar screen

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story / of Luton Park (in the hand of William Adam) / one of the Seats of the Earl of Bute (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Bed Chamber A / Dressing Room A / Bed Chamber B / Dressing Room B / Bed Chamber C / Dressing Room C / Bed Chamber D / Dressing Room D / Bed Chamber E / Dress.g Room E / Bed Chamber 1 / Dress.g Room 1 / Bed Chamber 2 / Dressing Room 2 / Dressing Room 3 / Bed Chamber 3 / Dressing Room 3 / Dressing Room 4 / Anti Room / Bed Chamber 4 / Bed Chamber 5 / Dressing Room 5 / Dressing Room 6 / Bed Chamber 6 / Dressing Room 6 / Bed Chamber 7 / Dressing Room 7 / Bed Chamber 8 / Dressing Room 8 / Servants Room A / Servants Room B / Servants Room C / Water Closet / Servants Room D / Servants Room F / Bed Chamber F / Servants Room E / Servants Room / Water Closet / Servants Room / Servants Room / Servants Room / Powdering Room / Servants Room / Servants Room / Powdering Room / Water Closet / Water Closet / Servants Room / Servants Room / Servants Room / Serv.ts Room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

February 1767
Febry 7.t 1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (555 x 499)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Giuseppe Manocchi, William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

4 / number 8 (brown ink) / L Bute Luton Park new (?) shaded Elevation (?)

Watermark

D & C BLAUW

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 21
Russell, 1992, pp. 44-47
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 85, 131
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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