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[6] Design for the ground storey of farm offices, c1773, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/95
Purpose
[6] Design for the ground storey of farm offices, c1773, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-two-bay block, with a central portico entrance leading to a circular lobby. The lobby contains niches and links to a brew house with large coppers, and an apsidal-ended dairy with niches. To the rear of the lobby there is a kitchen and parlour, with a rear entrance and a curved staircase set in between. The kitchen links to a pantry and the parlour links to a bedroom
Scale
bar scale of 2 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of Farm Offices for Sir James Wright (underwritten in pencil) at Ray hall (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Kitchen / Closet / Parlor / Bed Room / Dairy / Lobby / Brew House / Scullery to Brew house / Pantry / W (pencil) / N (pencil) / E (pencil) / S (pencil) / door (pencil) / D (pencil) / A (pencil) / C (pencil) / B (pencil) and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1773
c1773
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (513 x 366)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 26
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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