[1] Preliminary design for a house, ND, unexecuted

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    - Cavendish Square (unknown number), London, preliminary design for a house, ND, unexecuted (1)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 26/155

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a house, ND, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the bedchamber storey of a house and the flanking domestic offices. The central three bays of the principal front are projecting and set behind a portico, with the flanking bays set behind a colonnade. There is a central bifurcated staircase which links to bedrooms and oval rooms with niches. To the rear there is a further staircase and a water closet. The central block is flanked by curved colonnades(?) and further staircases. Beyond this there is a stable block on the left-hand side, and a large rectangular space to the right

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Cavendish square / Extend 159 and some measurements given

Signed and dated

ND
ND

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (201 x 102)

Hand

Probably
Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 35
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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