[7] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1777, as executed

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  - Langside or Aikenhead House, Glasgow: designs for a house and stable offices for Thomas Brown, 1777, as executed (10)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/25

Purpose

[7] Design for the bedchamber floor of a house, 1777, as executed

Aspect

Bedchamber floor plan comprising a rectangular building with the roofs of the bow ends, projecting porch and flanking corridor links visible, with lofts over the stable blocks

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the one pair Story of House & Offices / (and in the hand of William Adam) of Ackinhead[sic] house for / Thomas Brown Esq^r~ / (in another hand) Bed Chamber / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed room / Closet / Bed Chamber / Loft for Oats &c. / Hay loft / Loft / Loft / Loft / Loft with some room dimensions / (verso) Thomas Brown Esqr Aikenhead / near Glasgow / (in another hand) number 4 / (in pencil) 4 / Grainary[sic] / Hay Loft / Store room / Grainary / Hay Loft / Store room with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

6/7/1777
Adelphi / March 6^& 1777~

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (380x507)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Verso

Rough sketch of the bedchamber floor plan, same as recto

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 1
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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