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[2] Design for the first floor of a castle-style building, 1793, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 30/36
Purpose
[2] Design for the first floor of a castle-style building, 1793, unexecuted
Aspect
Principal (first) floor plan comprising two large rooms flanking a central open-well staircase with an entrance hall to the front and a rear room with a canted bay. Rooms include a dining room, breakfast room, hall and drawing room. Attached to the main building by links are two rectangular pavilions containing servants' rooms, closets and stairs. Adjoining the pavilions are screen walls and piers enclosing a curved carriage sweep
Scale
bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of Knockear Castle on Loch Lomond the Seat of / John Buchanan Esqr ~ / Servants room / Closet / Stairs / Lead flat / Area / Dining room / Closet / Breakfast room / Closet / Stairs / Hall / Drawing room / Servants room / Closet / Grand Road of approach for Carriages / [_ _ _ _ _] Plot with some room dimensions and pencil annotations / (verso) [_ _ _ _ _ / _ _] Knockear Castle – Lo[_ _] / 8/2 / London / Mm / Mm / M
Signed and dated
- 14/10/1793
Albemarle Street / 14 Octb 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash, and pink wash on laid paper (520x379)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Watermark
W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, Volume II, Index, 1922, p.20
King, Volume 2, 2001, pp. 138, 163
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, Volume 2, 2001, pp. 138, 163
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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