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[1] Design for the basement plan of a pair of houses and a warehouse, 1792, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/95
Purpose
[1] Design for the basement plan of a pair of houses and a warehouse, 1792, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground (basement) plan for a pair of houses flanking a central warehouse, with maids' and housekeepers’ rooms to the front, and cellars, kitchens, and sculleries to the rear. Both houses have their own staircases and there is an additional central passageway and communal staircase with warehouse rooms either side
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of two Houses with Warehouses proposed to be built in Georges Square Glasgow / by John Mair Esqr. – / Beer Cellar / Cellar / Cellar / Scullery / Kitchen / Wine Cellar / Lobby / Staircase / Maids room / House Keepers / Room / Ware room / Ware room / Ware room / Staircase / Area / Ware room / Ware room / Entry / Maids room / House Keepers room / Wine Cellar / Wine Cellar / Staircase / Butlers / Pantry / Kitchen / Scullery / Pantry / Larder / Coals / (in pencil) Sink with some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- 22/2/1792
Albemarle Street / 22d Febry 1792.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil within a ruled border on laid paper (514x341)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Watermark
W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
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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