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[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, ND, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 42/119
Purpose
[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, ND, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground plan of a house comprising a rectangular building with a central three-bay bow, and an adjoining service range at one end. Rooms include a kitchen, servants' hall, butler’s room, strong room and multiple sculleries, larders and store rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 3/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Ground Story ~ / (in the hand of William Adam) of a house for William Morehead Esqr / (in a different hand) Necessy. / Passage / Room for / Cleaning Shoes / &c. / Scullery to Dairy / Dairy / Coals / Wood / Court / Covered Passage / Passage / Larder / Larder / Scullery / Kitchen / Wine / in Binns / Wine in Casks / Servants Hall / Pantry / Butlers room / Passage / Strong room / Housekeepers room / Store room with room dimensions
Signed and dated
- ND
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (512x604)
Watermark
IVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 17
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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