[11] Design for the first storey of a house, 1785, unexecuted

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  - Saint Hill House, Sussex, for Gibbs Crawfurd, variant designs for a house, 1785, unexecuted (13)
    - Designs for additions to a house, c1785, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/105

Purpose

[11] Design for the first storey of a house, 1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a three-by-three-bay addition to a house. The principal front contains tripartite windows, and the central bay has a balcony flanked by turrets. To the rear there is a central staircase, and this is surrounded by bedchambers and dressing rooms. The additional block links via the staircase to an existing irregular shaped building. This building contains bedchambers, closets and an additional staircase. To the rear there is a bedchamber with a canted bay window, and this links to two additional closets

Scale

bar scale of 1 3/8 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Bed Chamber Story of Saint Hill house for Gibbs Crawford Esqr (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Bed Room Story for Bow Window plan (pencil) / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Bed Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Closet / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Servts Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Dressg room / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Closet / 105 (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

December 1785
Adelphi / 15.t Dec.r 1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (379 x 507)

Hand

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

Watermark

Fleur-de-lis within a crowned cartouche

Notes

Number 22 (brown ink) / Mr Crawford 1st / 2 (crossed through) / 4 / 4 / 2 (crossed through) / Mr Crawford

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 27
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 133
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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