[4] Design for additions to the bedchamber floor of a castle-style house, 1783, executed to a variant design

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - 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 48/37

Purpose

[4] Design for additions to the bedchamber floor of a castle-style house, 1783, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Flier open: bedchamber (second) floor plan of a house, same as SM Adam volume 48/39. Rooms include a series of bed chambers, closets and a passage. 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 two ranges

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Lord Templetown / Stairs from e to f rises 4ft 7in / Bed Chamber / Closet / Closet / Bed Chamber / Passages / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Passage 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 (450x255)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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