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[2] Preliminary design for the ground storey of an inn, ND
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 7/156
Purpose
[2] Preliminary design for the ground storey of an inn, ND
Aspect
Plan of the first storey of a nine-bay inn formed around a central courtyard. At the front of the building there is a central room with its windows flanked by columns, and this links to flanking rooms. Beyond this there is a pair of bifurcated staircases on the left and right-hand sides of the building, and these link to rectangular rooms overlooking a courtyard. To the right and left-hand side of the courtyard there are circular rooms with niches, and these link to bedrooms, with water closets and two further staircases set in between. The rear of the building projects on the right-hand side, and this forms a rectangular room with an apsidal end set behind a columnar screen, and the apsidal space is flanked by further water closets
Scale
not to scale
Inscribed
Red Lyon ground Piccadilly / Court and some dimensions and figures given
Signed and dated
- ND
ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (211 x 163)
Hand
Probably
Robert Adam
Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 45
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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