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[2] Design for a basement of a house, 1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 31/90
Purpose
[2] Design for a basement of a house, 1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground (basement) floor plan of a house comprising a central range and flanking wings, with a large service wing attached to one end and arranged around a courtyard. The central rear room of the main house has a bowed end. Rooms include a kitchen, servants hall, servants room, butlers room and housekeepers room. The service wing contains stabling, a wash house and other store rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
(In the hand of William Adam) Ground Story of Offices for Thomas Gillies Esqr / (in a different hand, in pencil) A / Stable / Coach / House / Coach / House / Coach / House / Stable / Bath House / Smiths / Shop / Harness / & Saddles / Wash House / & Laundry / Stable / Brew House / Stables / Kitchen Court / Drying ground / Kitchen / Passage / Larder / Larder / Housekeepers / room / Butlers / Pantry / Servts Hall / Servts rooms / Wash house / wash / house and some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- 27/05/1789
Albemarle Street / 27 May 1789
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (72x481)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson
Watermark
GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 3
King, 2001, p. 121
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 121
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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