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[2] Design for the basement of a building, c.1791-92, as executed
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/10
Purpose
[2] Design for the basement of a building, c.1791-92, as executed
Aspect
Ground (basement) floor plan comprising a central polygonal range with flanking links terminating in pavilions with staircases, with an outer wall at each end with steps and vaults. The central range comprises a lobby, staircase, housekeeper’s room, storeroom, apothecary shop and porter’s room. The links contain a central corridor with cells and service rooms including a kitchen, scullery, larder, hot and cold baths and bedrooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story for the Infirmary at Glasgow / North / East / South / West / Pantry / Scullery / Privy / Larder / Larder / Kitchen / Scullions / room / Cooks room / Scullions room / House Servt / Porters / room / Lobby / Apothecarys / Shop / House Keepers room / Store room / Cell / Cell / Cell / Cell / Dirty Linnen[sic] / Cell Keeper / Men Servt / Bath keeper / Heating / room / Hot Bath / Bedroom / Dressg. room / Cold Bath with some dimensions and calculations / (verso) no 2 / no 2
Signed and dated
- c.1791-92
datable to c.1791-92
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (639x534)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
Adam office hand, possibly John Robertson
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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