[5] Design for additions to the upper 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 48/38

Purpose

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

Aspect

Upper bedchamber (third) floor plan of an irregular-shaped building comprising two adjoining rectangular ranges with two round towers to two of the corners, and a shallow three-bay bow between the two ranges. Rooms are shown only in the range to the right, comprising bed chambers and a closet, with a curved staircase leading to the left range. The pink coloured wash denotes the proposed additions

Scale

bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Lord Templetown / Stairs from g to h rises 7ft 9 in / Closet / Bed Chamber / Bed chamber 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 (440x249)

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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