[6] Design for dog kennels, unexecuted, November 1778

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Weald Hall, Brentwood, South Weald, Essex: designs for alterations to the house, a cottage, dog kennels, and interior decoration for Thomas and Christopher Tower, 1778-1779 (21)
    - Designs for a cottage, dog kennels, and alterations to the house (7)
      - Designs for dog kennels, unexecuted, November 1778 (2)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 41/40

Purpose

[6] Design for dog kennels, unexecuted, November 1778

Aspect

Ground floor plan of a dog kennel and yard with a central circular kennel room

Scale

bar scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Great Yard to be in Grass / Dog Kennel for _ Towers Esqr at Weald in Essex (in a later hand) / Feeding place / Water trough / Feeding place / Yard for Wood & Coals / Keepers room / Meal room / Boiling room / Copper / Day Dog Kennell (sic) / Feeding place / Yard for Bitches / Bitches room / Bitches Kennell and some dimensions given (verso) Number Eleven / Mr Towers at Weald in Essex

Signed and dated

November 1778
Adelphi and datable to November 1778

Medium and dimensions

Pen on laid paper (380 x 522)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

GR and fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 226
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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