SM Adam volume 41/3

[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, and the ground storey of offices and stables, c1782, unexecuted

Plan of the basement storey of an eleven-by-seven bay building with a central vaulted space containing a small beer cellar, passageway, wine cellar with bins and a further cellar. The central area contains staircases to the left and right, and is flanked by a series of rooms. The rooms to the left are accessed via an external entrance leading to a sub hall with columnar screens. The rooms to the right are accessed via a passage, with steps leading up towards the smoking room. The central block is flanked by curved link bays which lead to the ground-floor level of the flanking wings. The link bay on the left-hand-side contains a semi-circular staircase and it leads to a wing containing domestic offices. There is a kitchen court with a columnar screen and this is surrounded by kitchen offices, including a dairy and bake house. There is also a vaulted servants’ hall. Beyond the kitchen court there is a staircase and a passageway which links to a wash house with coppers, a laundry and an enclosed drying yard with privies. To the rear of this wing there is a colonnaded portico and a large walled space with an irregular shaped building with stairs leading to a privy? The right-hand link block contains storage spaces for saddles and harnesses. The block links to a stable, with coach houses and stalls positioned around a central court. The stable block is accessed via a further walled courtyard to the right, and this contains a copper for boiling water and a privy. To the rear of the stables there is a colonnaded portico