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Reference number

SM Adam volume 37/96

Purpose

[2] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1785, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a nine-bay building with a canted bay front. The canted bay rooms contain a library and drawing rooms, and the library links to a dog-legged staircase with an eating room beyond. To the left-hand side of the principal block the staircase links to an additional block with a stepped portico entrance flanked by turrets. The entrance leads to an apsidal-ended hall, with a dining room beyond and a servants’ hall to the left-hand side. The servants’ hall leads to an irregularly shaped octagonal room with a canted window and a sunken bath. To the rear of the dining room there is a balustraded entrance with a pair of external staircases

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Principal Story of a House for James Macpherson Esqr- / Hall / Servants Hall / Hot & Cold Bath- / Dining Room / Stairs / Library / Common Eating Parlor / Drawing room / 95 (pencil) / A (pencil) and some dimensions given

Signed and dated

  • c1785
    c1785

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash on laid paper (455 x 225)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with 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.

Level

Drawing

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