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[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, c1762, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 45/14
Purpose
[1] Design for the basement storey of a house, c1762, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the basement story of a five-by-three-bay building, with a bow front to the south. The building has a central passage accessed via an external passage and steps to the east. The internal passage contains a staircase and links to rooms in the north and south sections of the building. To the north there is a butler’s room and pantry, and a beer cellar, with a space for the storage of empty bottles, positioned under the external staircase in the north front. To the south there is a central vaulted cellar containing wine bins, and a vaulted strong room. The steward’s room has a bow window, and this is flanked by the servants’ hall and housekeeper’s room
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Ground Story of a house for John Jones Esq.r at Charlton (in the hand of William Adam, underwritten in pencil) / Place for Empty Bottles &c. &c. &c. - / Beer Cellar / Butlers Pantry / Butlers Room / Servants Hall / Cellar for Bottles Wine / strong room for Plate & Paper / Stewards Room / Housekeeper room and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1762
c1762
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (530 x 372)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 124
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 124
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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