[4] Preliminary design for the ground storey of a house, c1782

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  - Cobham (possibly The Mount), Surrey, variant designs for a house and additions for William Saltonstall, 1782-3, unexecuted (9)
    - Preliminairy designs and designs for alterations to a house, c1782, unexecuted (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/53 (verso)

Purpose

[4] Preliminary design for the ground storey of a house, c1782

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-three-bay building as SM Adam volume 45/53

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Cobbam house in Kent Wm Saltonstal Esqr 2d / 2 / 2 / 91 (pencil) Number 16 (brown ink) 16 (pencil)

Signed and dated

c1782
c1782

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (474 x 284)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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