SM Adam volume 41/4

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

Plan of the ground storey of an eleven-by-seven bay building with a stepped front leading to a colonnaded entrance and a rectangular hall beyond. To the rear of the hall there is an elongated saloon with stepped access to the grounds beyond. The saloon is flanked by staircases, a drawing room and a dressing room. To the left of the hall there is a drawing room with an apsidal end containing niches and this leads to a dining parlour, which is divided by a screen. To the right of the hall there is a further staircase and a passage which links to an additional stepped entrance. The passage is flanked by a library and small closet rooms which link to a bedchamber. The central block is flanked by curved linked bays which lead to the first-floor level of the flanking wings. The left-hand link block contains a semi-circular staircase with niches. The wing beyond contains a double-height kitchen and a passage set around a central light well. The passage links to a dining room, dressing rooms and bed chambers, and there is a suite of rooms containing a circular cold bath and an octagonal hot bath which is heated by a furnace. The two bathrooms are linked by an antechamber. The right-hand link bay contains a circular study and a water closet. Beyond this the first-floor level of the stable block contains bedrooms for coachmen, grooms and visiting servants, haylofts and a granary