SM Adam volume 29/47

[2] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1770, unexecuted

Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-five-bay building, with a stepped entrance to the north set within a small portico containing niches. The entrance leads to an apsidal hall with niches and a semi-circular closet. To the east the hall leads to a circular breakfast room with a semi-circular closet, and this links to an apsidal dining room. To the west of the hall there is a library, and to the south there is a saloon with an apsidal entrance, set behind a columnar screen flanked by niches. The saloon links to a drawing room to the south west. To the south of the building there is a curved, stepped approach linking to a portico. The building is flanked by link blocks to the east and west, and the blocks contain passages, water closets, and staircases. The link block to the east is accessed via a semi-circular closet in the breakfast room. The blocks connect to three-by-four-bay pavilions. The pavilion to the east contains a double-height kitchen, servants’ bedrooms, and a staircase. The pavilion to the west contains a bedroom, dressing rooms, a powdering room, and a staircase