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[1] Design for the ground storey of a school and almshouses, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/18
Purpose
[1] Design for the ground storey of a school and almshouses, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a nine-bay building with a central portico entrance leading to a square hall, with a kitchen containing a staircase to the rear. The hall is flanked by passages which are accesses from the right- and left-hand sides of the building, and these link to a series of rooms with fireplaces. Both passages contain a staircase. Each room and the kitchen has its own yard to the rear, all of which contain a privy
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of a New Design for a School & six Alms Houses to be built at Humberston / in Lincolnshire / School / Yard / Yard / Yard / Kitchen / Yard / Yard / Yard / Yard and some dimensions and figures given
Signed and dated
- May 1780
Adelphi / 10.t May 1780
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a single ruled border on laid paper (518 x 360)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 56
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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