SM Adam volume 41/83

[1] Design for the ground storey of a house and office, c1773, possibly executed

Plan of the ground storey of an eleven-bay building with a stepped portico entrance in the west front, and a five-bay bow entrance, set behind a colonnaded screen in the east front. The principal western entrance leads to a large hall flanked by rectangular rooms. Beyond the hall there is a central passage that runs the length of the building. The passage contains niches and links to a central picture gallery with a bow window, and this is flanked by dressing rooms. To the south of the principal building there is a three-bay block which contains a library, dressing room, water closet and a circular staircase. To the north of the principal building there is a five-bay block with central stepped entrances to the west and east. The block contains two central staircases, with a dressing room and wardrobe to the east, and domestic offices to the west. The five-bay block links to a further block containing domestic offices formed around a small courtyard accessed from the west. The court links to a kitchen with two ranges. Beyond this block there is an L-shaped block containing further domestic offices, including a bake house with a large oval bread oven and a copper. The brew house and the dairy scullery contain further coppers, and the bake house and dairy contain staircases leading to an upper level