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[14] Design for a conservatory, 1782, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/91
Purpose
[14] Design for a conservatory, 1782, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of a conservatory, with the central three bays of the principal front projecting and containing a stepped entrance. The principal front is set behind a columnar screen, and the building terminates in three-bay pavilions. Within the building there is a central space surrounded by columns, and this links to flanking walkways. On the left-hand side of the building there is a circular tea room with the internal entrance set behind a curved colonnaded screen. On the right-hand side of the building there is a circular aviary, also accessed via an internal entrance set behind a colonnaded screen. At the rear of the building there is a shed with a central stove, and this feeds the flues set across the rear of the conservatory
Scale
bar scale of 3 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Conservatory &c.t (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) at Ray Hall / the Seat of Sir James Wright Bart / Shed / Shed / Stove / Shed / flue / flue /flue / Tea Room / Closet / Aviary / 89 (pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- November 1782
Adelphi / 6.th Novr 1782
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (943 x 381)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 224
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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