[4] Design for the parlour floor of a building, 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 36/33

Purpose

[4] Design for the parlour floor of a building, 1789, unexecuted

Aspect

Parlour (ground) floor plan of a house, similar to SM Adam volume 1/191, with the addition of a circular entrance hall with corner apses and external staircases to the hall and common eating room. Rooms include a housekeeper's room, servant's hall, dressing rooms, Lord Findlater's room, Mr Wilson's room, and a mixture of bedrooms

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 an inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Parlor Story of Findlater Castle / Ladys / Dressg room / Gentlemans / Dressg room / Bed Chamber / Common Eating room / Valets room / & Wardrobe / Dressing room / Lord Findlaters / room / Anti room / Eating room / Back Stairs / Vestible / Back Stairs / Principal / Staircase / Closet / Mr Wilsons / room / Clerks / Bedroom / Store room / Housekeepers / room / Bedroom / Hall / Bedroom / Servants Hall / A / B / C / D with some room dimensions / (verso) no 8

Signed and dated

14//8/1789
Albemarle Street / datable to 14 August 1789

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (487x297)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison or Daniel Robertson

Watermark

PORTAL & BRIDGES

Notes

The grand staircase appears to have been directly lifted from Adam’s designs for Culzean Castle. This plan includes two eating rooms, and one room for Mr Wilson, Findlater's companion at the time.

Literature

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

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