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Reference number

SM Adam volume 33/105

Purpose

[1] Design for the basement and ground storey of an additional block, c1763-78, unexecuted

Aspect

Above- Plan of the ground storey of a seventeen-bay building, with a central bow entrance flanked by external steps. The entrance leads to a hall with a colonnaded screen. North of the hall there is a canted bay and a further stepped entrance. West of the hall there is a tripartite staircase, with an apsidal ended room containing canted bay windows beyond. To the rear of the tripartite staircase there is a bifurcated passage which links to an irregularly shaped space. East of the hall there is a rectangular room and a passageway with a further staircase set within a canted bay, and this links to a further room with canted bay windows Below- Plan of the basement storey of a seventeen-bay building, with the central and terminating bays canted. Within the building there is a central passageway which links to rooms in the south of the building, and vaulted rooms to the north. To the west of the passage there is a staircase set within a vaulted space, with a room beyond. To the north east of the passage there is a further staircase set within a canted bay, and a room with canted bay windows to the east

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of an Addition to Temple Newsham the Seat of Lord Viscount Irwin- (in the hand of William Adam) / Underground Passage James Gibbs 1737. ATB (in 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 (620 x 547)

Hand

Possibly
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.

Level

Drawing

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