[4] Preliminary design for the first storey of a house, c1778

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SM Adam volume 37/83 (verso)

Purpose

[4] Preliminary design for the first storey of a house, c1778

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a v-shaped building, formed with a rear rotunda flanked by four-bay wings. The rotunda creates a five-bay, rear bow and this is divided to form semi-circular bedrooms. The bedrooms are altered to allow for the elliptical staircase beyond. Towards the front of the house there is a paired, semi-circular staircase forming an oval, with apsidal landings set behind collonaded screens. This is flanked by further bedrooms, with the rooms towards the principal front linking to water closets set within irregular spaces

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Signed and dated

c1778
c1778

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (535 x 335)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Watermark

JWHATMAN

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 17
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 162-63
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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Drawing

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