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[7] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1776, possibly executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/35
Purpose
[7] Design for the ground storey of a house, c1776, possibly executed
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a five-by-seven-bay building, with an entrance on the west side in the third bay. The entrance leads to a rectangular hall with a fireplace, and this links to a dressing room and library to the south. Beyond the hall there is a central dog-legged staircase and a bedchamber. To the north of the hall there is an eating room with a bow window, and this links to a curved staircase and a water closet with a curved wall. To the east of the building there is an open space with windows providing light to the ground storey rooms and rooms below. In the north section of the building there is a double-height kitchen and stable courtyard with an apsidal end. The courtyard is surrounded by stables and coach houses, and there is a pair of circular staircases and an additional staircase providing access to an upper level
Scale
bar scale of 1 ¼ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Dukes Dressing room / Library- / Hall / Great Stairs / Bed Chamber or Wardrobe / Eating room / 34 (pencil) / Coach House / Coach House / Harness Room / Kitchen Continued / Stable Court / Stable / Coach House / Coach House / Coach House / Stable / faint pencil inscription and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1776
c1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (245 x 532)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Watermark
JWHATMAN
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 39
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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