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[1] Design for the ground floor of a castle, 1777, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/48
Purpose
[1] Design for the ground floor of a castle, 1777, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground plan of an polygonal-shaped castle bound on one side by a continuous wall, with a semi-circular court at the central corner of the building with a series of niches, and an octagonal-shaped privy in the centre, with a range to the front connecting to two other ranges. Each range has a series of rooms opening onto a passage. There are a series of canted bay, octagonal, circular, and square towers to each range. Rooms include a scullery, pantry, larders, servants’ hall, a wash house, kitchen, laundry and cellars for wine, beer, and ale. The pink wash denotes the existing fabric
Scale
bar scale of 5/8 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of Cardiff Castle / one of the Seats of the Right Honble Lord Mount Stewart / Wine Binns / Lobby / Ale / Cellar / Cellar / Beer Cellar / Wash House / Cellar / Laundry / Sub Hall / Passage / Servants Hall / Court / Privy / Kitchen / Scullery / Pantry / Wet Larder / Dry Larder / Passage / Bake House with some room dimensions / (verso) Mount Stuart / 2
Signed and dated
- 1777
datable to 1777
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (542x560)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 6
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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