[2] Design for the basement of a building, c.1789, unexecuted

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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 36/32

Purpose

[2] Design for the basement of a building, c.1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Basement 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 and cellar, flanked by a series of small rooms including additional cellars and rooms for the confectioner, clerk, steward, servants, porter and groom of the chamber

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Basement or half sunk Story of Findlater Castle / Ground / Maid / Serv.ts room / Groom of / the Chambers / room / Bedroom / Men / Servants / room / Book room / House Stewards / room / Passage / Ground / Back stairs / Cellar / Back Stairs / Cellar / Cellar / Cellar / Strong / room / Land Stewards / room / Clerks room / Passage / Ground / Porters room / Cellar / Confectioners / room / Servants room / Charters room / A / B / C / D with some room dimensions / (verso) no 7 / Lord Findlaters Plan / (in pencil) Lord Findlater Plan

Signed and dated

c.1789
datable to c.1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (487x295)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

GR surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 13
King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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