[1] Design for a street plan with a group of buildings, 1793, executed in part

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Glasgow
    - High Street, numbers 169-177 & 179-185, and buildings on College Street and Shuttle Street, Glasgow: designs for a group of terraces and a Cornmarket, 1793, executed in part (4)

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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

Watermark

Footed P

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 14
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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