SM Adam volume 29/46

[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, c1770, unexecuted

Plan of the basement storey of a five-by-five-bay building. At the centre of the building there is a cellar with wine bins, a strong room, a plate room, and a curved staircase, and these are divided by a central passage which leads to a servants’ hall to the south. To the north there is a further passage which links to a storage space under the external north stairs, and to further domestic offices to the east and west of the building. The north passage connects to link blocks to the east and west, and these are accessed via external southern entrances set within apses and flanked by niches. The link blocks contain water closets and staircases, and they lead to three-bay pavilions. The pavilion to the east contains a kitchen, a scullery with a copper, larders and a further staircase. To the east of the pavilion there is a semi-circular-fronted kitchen court. The pavilion to the west contains a laundry, a wash house with a copper, a room for the storage of mops etc., and a staircase. To the west of the pavilion there is a semi-circular-fronted drying yard