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  • image SM Adam volume 29/48

Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/48

Purpose

[3] Finished drawing for the first storey of a house, c1770, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a five-by-five-bay building, with a colonnaded screen to the north and a portico to the south. Within the building there are a central pair of oval staircases divided by a circular space linking to semi-circular spaces forming closets. The central staircases are surrounded by bedrooms and a dressing room. The central building is flanked by the footprints of the link blocks to the east and west. Beyond this there are three-by-four-bay pavilions which contains servants’ bedrooms, divided by a central passage

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) for High Down the seat of John Radcliffe Esqr / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed Room / Lady Frances Bed Chamber / Ladys Dressing Room / Powdering room / Water Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Cham.r / Water Closet / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Water Closet / Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed Room and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1770
    c1770

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (610 x 536)

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.

Level

Drawing

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