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[11] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a lodge, c.1781, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/58
Purpose
[11] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a lodge, c.1781, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground plan of a house with a central rear bow and flanking wings terminating in three-bay bows to the front, rear and sides. There is a central corridor running across the entire width of the lodge. Rooms include a kitchen, pantry, scullery, larder, cellars, servants' hall, as well as rooms for the butler, valet and cook and servants bedroom
Scale
bar scale of 3/4 of an inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground or half sunk Story / Servants Bed / room / Valets Bedroom / Servants Bed / room / Servants Hall / Butlers Pantry / Wine in bottles / Stewards room / Beer Cellar / Ale Cellar / Servants / Bed room / Wine in Casks / Cooks room / Larder / Pantry / Kitchen / Scullery with some room dimensions
Signed and dated
- c.1781
datable to c.1781
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (432x230)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 54
King, 2001, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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