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[5] Alternative preliminary design for the first storey of a house, c1778, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/85 (verso)
Purpose
[5] Alternative preliminary design for the first storey of a house, c1778, unexecuted
Aspect
Alternative plan for the first storey of a v-shaped building, formed with a rear rotunda flanked by four-bay wings. The circular room forms a five-bay bow to the rear and contains a bedroom. Towards the principal front there is a central, double-height hall with a semi-circular staircase to the right. The wings flanking the rotunda contain further bedrooms
Scale
to a scale
Signed and dated
- c1778
c1778
Medium and dimensions
Pencil on laid paper (540 x 335)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Watermark
GR surmounted by fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche
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.
King, 2001, Volume II, pp. 162-63
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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