[1] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a lodge, 1781, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Lodges for the Earl of Findlater, unknown location: designs for lodges in the classical and castle styles for James Ogilvy, 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, c.1781-83, unexecuted (16)
    - Designs for a classical lodge, 1781, unexecuted (8)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 36/48

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a lodge, 1781, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground (basement) floor plan of a lodge with offices adjoining the flank side, and a central rear canted bay. The lodge has two staircases in the centre set at angles, and surrounded by cellars, store rooms, rooms for the cook, lodgekeeper, steward and butler, as well as a servant’s hall and kitchen

Scale

bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story / Passage leading to Offices / Butlers Pantry / Passage / Kitchen / Scullery / Cellar / Store room / Cellar / Cellar / Servants Hall / Stewards room / Cooks Bed room / Lodgekeepers room with some room dimensions / (verso) no 5

Signed and dated

1781
R. A. 1781

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (520x355)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Watermark

J KOOL surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 54
King, 2001, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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