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  • image SM Adam volume 40/66

Reference number

SM Adam volume 40/66

Purpose

[1] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1772, as executed

Aspect

Plan of the ground storey of a three-bay building, with a stepped entrance in the third bay. Beyond the entrance there is a rectangular hall with a fireplace, which leads to a dog-legged principal staircase with an apse containing niches, and with a further staircase beyond. To the left of the hall there is a two-bay dining room with an apsidal end, and this links to an apsidal ended parlour with a three-bay bow window to the rear. To the right of the parlour there is a library with a pair of colonnaded screens, and this leads to an octagonal dressing room, with a powdering room and water closet beyond. To the rear of the parlour there is a balustraded space, with a stable and coach houses beyond

Scale

bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plans of / Sir Watkin Williams Wynnes / House St Jamess Square (all in the hand of William Adam) / Hall / Dining Parlor. / Back Parlor / Library / Dressing Room / Powdering Room / Water Closet / Water Closet / Corn Room / Privy / Harness room / stable / Coach house / Coach house

Signed and dated

  • c1772
    c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (173 x 618)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 49
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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