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Reference number

SM Adam volume 30/33

Purpose

[3] Design for the second floor of a castle-style building, 1793, unexecuted

Aspect

Bedchamber (second) floor plan comprising six bed chambers arranged around a central open-well staircase. The rear bed chamber is octagonal

Scale

bar scale of 7/8 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Knock Castle / (in the hand of William Adam) the Seat of John Buchannon [sic] Esqr / Bed Chambr / Bed Chambr / Closet / Bed Chambr / Closet / Closet / Stairs / Bed Chambr / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber and some room dimensions / (verso) 9.

Signed and dated

  • 14/10/1793
    Albemarle Street / 14th Octb 1793

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (469x280)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson

Watermark

W surmounted by a shield with a fleur de lis above

Literature

Bolton, Volume II, Index, 1922, p.20
King, Volume 2, 2001, pp. 138, 163
Further literary references in scheme notes

Level

Drawing

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