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[2] Design for the ground storey of an additional block, c1763-78, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 33/104
Purpose
[2] Design for the ground storey of an additional block, c1763-78, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground-storey of a seventeen-bay building, with a central stepped entrance set within a canted bay. The entrance leads to a rectangular hall with a colonnaded screen. To the west of the hall there are three staircases, with a room containing canted bay windows beyond. To the rear of the building there is a room that projects on the western side of the building, and this contains a further staircase. East of the hall there is a rectangular room, with a passageway containing a further staircase to the north. The room links to a south east room with a canted bay window
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of an Addition to Temple Newsham for Lord Viscount Irwin- (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Lord Irwin (pencil) / Screen in Gibbs (?) drawing (modern curatorial hand, Arthur Bolton, pencil)
Signed and dated
- 1763-78
date range: 1763-78. See scheme notes.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (641 x 490)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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