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[2] Design for the ground floor of a house, c.1770, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/63
Purpose
[2] Design for the ground floor of a house, c.1770, as executed
Aspect
Parlour (ground) floor plan comprising a series of rooms arranged around a grand central staircase within a square footprint, with a central rear canted bay. There is an additional staircase on one side. Rooms include a study, dining room, hall, parlour, bed chamber and dressing room. There are pencil additions showing the planned ceiling decoration for the front rooms and staircase
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Parlor[sic] Story (and in the hand of William Adam) of Lord Chief Baron Ords House / in Edinburgh ~ / (in another hand) Dressing Room / Bed Chamber / Parlor / Great Staircase / Study / Hall / Dining Room with some dimensions and calculations / (verso) Baron Ord / (in a different hand) Baron Ord
Signed and dated
- c.1770
datable to 1770
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (496x595)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 12
King, 2001, p. 123
Further literature references in scheme notes
King, 2001, p. 123
Further literature references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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