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[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, 1785, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/95
Purpose
[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, 1785, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the basement storey of a nine-bay building, containing a scullery, kitchen and housekeeper’s room with canted bay windows. The building links to an additional six-bay block with a central passageway linking to a butler’s pantry with a canted bay window, a wash house, dairy and cellar. The is an additional window at the end of the passage providing additional light
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Ground Story (and in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) of a house for Jas Macpherson Esqr at Putney Common / Cellar / Dairy / Butlers Pantry / Wash House & Laundry / Scullery / Kitchen / Cellar / Cellar / Cellar / Cellar / Wine Cellar / Housekeep.rs room
Signed and dated
- December 1785
Adelphi / 5.t Dec.r 1785-
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (457 x 296)
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
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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