[2] Design for additions to principal floor of a castle-style house, 1783, executed to a variant design

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  - Castle Upton, Templepatrick, Co Antrim: designs for additions to a castle and a new stable block and offices for Clotworthy Upton, Lord Templetown, and a mausoleum dedicated to Arthur Upton, 1783-89 (16)
    - Designs for additions to a castle-style house, 1783, executed to a variant design (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 48/36

Purpose

[2] Design for additions to principal floor of a castle-style house, 1783, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Flier open: principal (first) floor plan of a house, same as SM Adam volume 48/34. Rooms include a drawing room, dressing room, lobby, hall and eating room. The pink coloured wash denotes the proposed additions Flier closed: alternative option for the bow, comprising a shallower bow without a staircase, and a proposed curved staircase between the lobby and hall. There is a pencil sketch of additions to one end of the building, including a staircase and circular tower

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Another / (in a different hand) Plan of the Principal Story for Lord Templetown / Drawing room / Lady Templetown / Dress^g room / Lobby / Hall / Eating room / last [_ _ _] / The Stairs from a to b rises 3ft 10 / D^o from c to d – 5.9 / (in pencil) Lady Templetowns / Dress^g room / Lobby / Hall with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

4/7/1783
Adelphi / 4^h July 1783

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and pink wash on laid paper (455x282)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Notes

The pencil sketch of additions match those proposed additions shown in the later designs dating from 1788-89 (SM Adam volume 48/35).

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 6
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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