Explore Collections

You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
Design for a cottage, 1789
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 46/182
Purpose
Design for a cottage, 1789
Aspect
Above- Elevation of a single storey, three-bay building, supporting a thatched, hipped roof with a band of dentils ornamenting the roof line. There is a central, pedimented entrance, flanked by rustic columns and with a Diocletian window above. The entrance is flanked by quarter-height windows and beyond the building there is a wooden fence
Below- Plan of a three-by-one-bay building, with a rear projecting bay. There is a central entrance set behind a colonnaded screen. Beyond the entrance there is a central stairwell, which is flanked by a kitchen and parlour. To the rear of the building there is a pantry and closets
Scale
bar scale of 1 ½ inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan & Elevation of a Cottage / Unknown (in the hand of William Adam) / 77 / 78th (pencil) / Extends 31 ½ feet / Kitchen / Pantry / Closet / Closet / Parlour and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- April 1789
Albermarle Street / 17 April 1789.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled boarder on laid paper (264x434)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Level
Drawing
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk