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[1] Survey plan showing the layout of the house, 1759
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 29/17
Purpose
[1] Survey plan showing the layout of the house, 1759
Aspect
Ground floor plan of a quadrangular house, with a closed colonnade - open to the interior - on the entrance range, and a double pile arrangement within the other three ranges, and with canted bays and a projecting chapel chancel
Scale
bar scale of 1/13 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of Castle Ashby. belonging to the Marquis of Northampton / Closet / Star Chamber / Parlour / Butlers Store Room / Stewards Room / Kitchen / Still Room / Servants Hall / Vestible / Stone Room / Bow Room / Drawing Room / Hall / Dining Room / Ante Room / Breakfast Room / Bed Room / Bed Chamber / Dressg Room / Chaple / Court 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 (602 x 500)
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
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.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation
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