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[4] Alternative design for the basement of a house, 1791, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 35/87
Purpose
[4] Alternative design for the basement of a house, 1791, unexecuted
Aspect
Basement plan comprising a rectangular house with corner turrets, with a small range connected to the lower rear. The main house has a central room with a bow end, with a principal staircase to the rear. Rooms include a butler’s pantry, house keeper’s room, servant’s bedrooms, a strong room, and cellars for cyder, ale and wine
Scale
to a scale
Inscribed
Plan of the Half sunk Story of the addition to the House / at the Bush (in the hand of William Adam) Robert Trotter Esqr / Closet / Butlers / Pantry / Men Servants / room / House keepers room / Staircase / Ale, Cyder & Wine / in Casks / Wine Cellar / Strong room / Women Servts / room / Closet / Closet / (verso) no 4
Signed and dated
- 30/12/1791
datable to 30/12/1791
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (305x264)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Adam office hand possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson
Watermark
Portal & Bridges
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 5
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
King, volume 2, 2001, p. 161
Further literary references in scheme notes
King, volume 1, 2001, pp. 394, 406
King, volume 2, 2001, p. 161
Further literary references in scheme notes
Level
Drawing
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