Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[1] Design for the ground floor of Wedderburn Castle, c.1767-71, executed to a variant design
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/80
Purpose
[1] Design for the ground floor of Wedderburn Castle, c.1767-71, executed to a variant design
Aspect
Ground floor plan comprising proposed additions to an existing tower house (shown in dark wash). The existing house comprises two ranges, set at angles from each other and connected by a staircase with an irregular-shaped adjoining service wing. The proposed additions include a five-room long southern range with octagonal corner towers at each end. The proposed range is one-room deep with a corridor terminating in a staircase at the west end, and a new front at the east end with an octagonal tower adjoining the existing range at the north end
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
North / (underwritten in pencil) Plan of additions in the Castle Style for Patrick Home of Billy Esqr / (in pencil) Drawing rooms above / Dining Room / above / (verso) Number 17 / Patrick Home Esqr of Billy / 3
Signed and dated
- c.1767-1771
datable to c.1767-71
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil, wash and Indian red wash on laid paper (603x499)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, J. P. Laurent or William Hamilton
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, J. P. Laurent or William Hamilton
Literature
King, 2001, pp. 220-21
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk