[3] Design for the ground floor of a building, c.1789, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Findlater Castle, Moray: designs for a castle, stables and offices, gates and a bridge for James Ogilvy 7th Earl of Findlater and 4th Earl of Seafield, 1789, unexecuted (26)
    - Designs for a castle-style building, 1789, unexecuted (13)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 1/191

Purpose

[3] Design for the ground floor of a building, c.1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Ground plan of a house with projecting corner turrets and a central rear bow forming an internal circular room, followed by a pair of oval staircases with a grand staircase opposite, flanked by a series of small rooms including a cellar, confectionary and servant’s hall

Scale

bar scale of 3/8 of an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

for the Earl of Findlater / (underwritten in pencil) Ho. Keeper / over / Maid Servant / Cellar / Confectionary / Servants Hall / [_ _ _]llerable / (in pencil) Stairs

Signed and dated

c.1789
datable to c.1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (181x226)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

C Taylor

Notes

The grand staircase appears to have been directly lifted from Adam’s designs for Culzean Castle. The drawing aligns closely with another principal floor plan of the proposed Findlater Castle (SM Adam volume 36/33), however, its inscriptions include rooms that are more closely aligned with the basement.

Literature

King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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