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[1] Design for a street plan with a group of buildings, 1793, executed in part
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 38/14
Purpose
[1] Design for a street plan with a group of buildings, 1793, executed in part
Aspect
Street plan comprising two terraces lining a street with an octagonal corn market building at the end. The houses are generally paired with a joint entrance passage and staircase to the rear, each with their own yard and privy
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
General plan of the Building ^ intended to be erected upon the ground opposite the College of Glasgow, with the opening of College Street / [_ _ _ _ _ _ _] communicating [_ _ _ _ _] between the High Street to and the New Town, also the Plan of a building in Shutle[sic] / Street, which will front the Centre of the College Gate, and is proposed for a Corn & Meal market – / present width of / the Street / Shutle / Street / College Street / High Street / Centre of / College gate / Part of the College / Broad / Close / Buildings / on the South / side of Broad / Close / Buildings / on the / North side / of / Broad Close / Staircase / No . 1 / (in pencil) [_ _ _ _] / Entry / to / Broad / Close / 2 / Stairs for / 3 Houses / 3 / Passage / 4 / Yard / Privy / Privy / 5 / Yard / Passage / Stairs for / 2. Houses / 6 / Yard / Privy / Privy / 7 / Yard / Stairs for / 1. House / Passage / Privy / 8 / Yard / Stairs for / 2 Houses / 9 / Yard / Privy / Privy / 10 / Yard / Stairs for / 3 Houses / Passage / 11 / 12 / Corn & Meal Market / 14 / 13 / Passage / Stairs for / 3 Houses / 15 / Yard / Privy / 16 / Yard / Passage / Stairs for 2 Houses / Yard / 17 / Privy / Passage / Stairs for / 1. House / Yard / 18 / Privy / Privy / 19 / Yard / Passage / Staircase for / 2 Houses / Yard / 20 / Privy / Privy / 21 / Yard / Passage / Stairs for / 3 Houses. / 22 / 23 / Buildings supposed to be hereafter / acquird[sic] by the College in / order to form a regular / front towards the High / Street with some dimensions and calculations / (verso) College Street Buildings Glasgow / 3 / College Street Glasgow / 6 / Number 6
Signed and dated
- 27/02/1793
Albemarle Street / 27.h Febry 1793
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured wash including Naples yellow, pink and verdigris on laid paper (577x905)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Watermark
Footed P
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 14
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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