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[2] Design for the basement of a building, c.1789, unexecuted
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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
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.
King, 2001, p. 162
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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