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[1] Design for the basement of a castellated house, 1790, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/64
Purpose
[1] Design for the basement of a castellated house, 1790, unexecuted
Aspect
Basement (ground) plan comprising a central rectangular range with flanking links terminating in U-shaped blocks with walls enclosing internal courtyards. Principal rooms include a servants' hall, butler’s room and pantry, steward’s room and office, a kitchen, stables and several coach houses
Scale
bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Basement Story of Lord Kinnairds House – / Privy / Coals / Wood / Drying Yard / Wood / Coals / Privy / Bottle / rack / Wash house / Linen / Closet / Kitchen Court / Feeding / Fowls / Wet / Larder / Dry Larder / Passage / Pantry / Confectionary / Passage / Scullery / Kitchen / Knives / Plate / Butlers Pantry / Butler / Back / Stairs / Wine / in / Bottles / H[_ _ _ _ _ _] / Ale & / Cyder / Wine in / Cask / Small / Beer / Passage / Store / room / House Keeper / Servants Hall / Stewards room / Stewards / Office / Bed / room / W[_ _ _ _ _] / Closet / Saddles / Harness / Sick / Horses / Stable for / Strangers / Horses / Coach house / Coach house / Coach house / Stable / Stable Court / Dung / Privy / Dung / Dung / Privy / Dung with some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- 1790
Robt Adam Archt. 1790
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (514x340)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Robert Adam
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Robert Adam
Watermark
W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 9
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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