[8] Design for a house, c1770, unexecuted

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  - Highdown House, Hertfordshire, designs for a new house for John Radcliffe, c1770, unexecuted (8)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/44

Purpose

[8] Design for a house, c1770, unexecuted

Aspect

Axial section of a three-storey building with a sunken basement. To the north there is a stepped entrance, and to the south there is a balustraded, pedimented portico, raised on an arcade. Within the building the basement storey is divided into rooms, with the room to the south containing a fireplace. To the north there is a passageway and an additional space under the external staircase. On the ground storey there is a central passage, and this is flanked by rooms to the north and south. On the first storey there is a central passage, and this is flanked by rooms containing fireplaces. In the attic storey there is a central passage with a light well, and this is flanked by further rooms containing fireplaces

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Section from North to South through the Body of the House. - / upon the Dotted Line C.D on the Plan (and in the hand of William Adam) for John Radcliffe Esqr and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

c1770
c1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (606 x 526)

Hand

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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
Rowan, 1984, pp. 44-45
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 127
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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