[2] Design for the attic storey of a school and the roof of almshouses, 1780, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/19

Purpose

[2] Design for the attic storey of a school and the roof of almshouses, 1780, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the attic-storey of a three-by-four-bay block containing a square room, with a further room and staircase to the rear. To the left and right of the block the roof line of the flanking three-bay blocks contain light wells, and terminate in pyramidal roofs

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Garretts over the School & Roofs over Almshouses-

Signed and dated

May 1780
Adelphi / 10.t May 1780

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (520 x 320)

Hand

Possibly
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.

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