[1] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a castellated house, 1776, executed to a variant design

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  - Wenvoe Castle, Glamorgan: designs for a castle-style house for Peter Birt, 1776, executed to a variant design (4)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 34/55

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a castellated house, 1776, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Ground plan for a house comprising a central block with circular corner towers, flanked by wings terminating in blocks with three-bay bows at either end, with a continuous terrace or sunk area on one side. Rooms include a hall, kitchen, powdering room, larders, cellar and rooms for the housekeeper, butler and steward and servants

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story (in a different hand) of a Castle for Peter Birt Esq^r / in Glamorganshire ~ / Housekeepers room / Cellar / Cellar / Store room / Butlers pantry / Passage / Stewards room / Butlers room / Hall / Powdering room / Passage / Servants room / Larder / Larder / Kitchen with some room dimensions / (verso) Peter Birt Esq^r / (in pencil) Peter Birt Esq^r

Signed and dated

2/4/1776
Adelphi April 2^d 1776

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (530x373)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

J Whatman

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 36
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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