[5] Design for a house, 1790, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Congleton or Congalton, East Lothian: Designs for a house and stables for William Grant, Esquire, 1790, unexecuted (6)
    - Designs for a stable block, 1790, unexecuted (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/84

Purpose

[5] Design for a house, 1790, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground plan of a U-shaped stable block with adjoining walls and a small slaughter house to the rear. Rooms include coach houses, stables, a wash house, linen room and hen house

Scale

bar scale of 5/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Design of Stable Offices & for Wm Grant Esqr / at Congleton in East Lothian / Wood shed / Slaughter / House / Wood Shed / Dung pit / Cow house / [ _ _ _ _] / Harness / room / Coach house / Coach house / Hen house / Court / Stable / Stable / Boilg room / Wash house / & / Laundry / Linnen room with some room dimensions. (Verso) 4

Signed and dated

30/04/1790
Albemarle Street / 30^th April 1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (278x490)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

C & S surmounted by a shield with a fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 7
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

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