[2] Finished drawing for the principal 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 34/56

Purpose

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

Aspect

Principal floor 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. The principal staircase is located in the centre of the house and at one end is an oval-shaped breakfast room, double-apsidal drawing room. Rooms include an eating room, parlour, library, gallery, hall and China closet

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story / (in pencil) of a Castle for Peter Birt Esq^r / in GlamorganShire / (in a different hand, in pen) Breakfast room / drawing room / Gallery / Eating Room / Hall / Great Stairs / Anti room / Back Stairs / Parlor / China Closet / Library with some room dimensions / (verso) Peter Birt Esq^r / Glamorgan Shire / (in a different hand) This should be placed Eleventh

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 (533x378)

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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