[3] Survey plan showing the layout of the house, 1759

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire: survey plans and unexecuted designs for the great hall, and a stable court for the 7th Earl of Northampton, 1759 (9)
    - Survey plans showing the layout of the house, 1759 (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/19

Purpose

[3] Survey plan showing the layout of the house, 1759

Aspect

Plan of the bed-chamber floor, as in Adam volume 29/17, but showing the flat roof of the entrance range

Scale

bar scale of 1/13 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Bed Chamber Story of Castle Ashby one of the Seats / of the Marquis of Northampton / Lead flatt / D / Bed Room / Bed Room / Bed Room / Bed Chamber / Bed Room / Stairs / Hall continued / Ward Room / Bed Room / Bed Room / Bed Room / Library and some room dimensions given

Signed and dated

1759
datable to 1759

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (601 x 510)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam, title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam, incorrectly naming the patron as the Marquis of Northampton rather than the Earl of Northampton, the title inscription is partly in the hand of William Adam, and partly in another hand, presumably that of the office draughtsman

Watermark

LVILLEDARY / and LVG and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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