[1] Design for the basement of a castle-style house, 1791-92, as executed

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  - Mauldsley or Mauldslie Castle, Lanarkshire: designs for a castle-style house and stables for Thomas Carmichael, 5th Earl of Hyndford, 1791-96, as executed (15)
    - Designs and finished drawings for a castle-style house, 1791-92, as executed (11)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/10

Purpose

[1] Design for the basement of a castle-style house, 1791-92, as executed

Aspect

Basement (ground) floor plan of a rectangular house with four circular corner towers and a semi-circular range to the left. The floor is subdivided into a series of rooms and storage spaces with two oval staircases towards the centre. Rooms include a servants hall, kitchen, beer cellar, housekeeper’s room, butler’s room and some bedrooms and store rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Edin^b / Copy / Kitchen / Serv^ts Hall / Beer Cellar / Scully / Store room / wine cellar / wine in Cask / Housekeeper / Maids / Bedroom / Butlers room / Bed and some room dimensions / (verso) 6

Signed and dated

1791-92
datable to 1791-92

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and coloured wash including pink and yellow on laid paper (477x307)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or John Robertson

Watermark

GR surmounted by crowned cartouche with fleur de lis

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 22
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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