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  • image SM Adam volume 48/59

Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/59

Purpose

[9] Design for the ground floor of a stable block, 1792, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground floor plan of a stable block comprising a central range with a loggia and flanking projecting wings. The central block contains one single range with a thirteen-bay stable and small end-rooms. The flanking wings are divided into four main spaces containing four-bay stables, two coach houses, a set of stairs and a small harness room. Adjoining the end pavilions is a large screen wall connected at several points by small piers

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Plan of the ground Story of Stable Offices For the Earl of Lauderdale at Dunbar ~ / Court / Room for / boiling / meat [_ _ _] / Stable with four Stands / Coach / House / Coach / house / Stairs / Harness / & / Saddles / Stable with 13 stands / Ride or colonnade / of communication / Grooms / Room / Stable with / four Stands / Stairs / Harness / & / Saddles / Coach / House / Coach / House and some room dimensions

Signed and dated

  • 6/12/1792
    Albemarle Street / 6th Decemr 1792

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including red on laid paper (466x265)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index, p. 10
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 217
Further literary references in the scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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