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