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[9] Design for the ground floor of a stable block, 1792, unexecuted
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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
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
King, 2001, Volume 2, p. 217
Further literary references in the scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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