[14] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a house, c.1787, as executed

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
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  - Kirkdale House, Galloway: variant designs for a house, stables, offices, farm range, brewhouse, bridge and cottage for Sir Samuel Hannay, 3rd Baronet, 1786-88, executed in part (43)
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      - Variant designs for a house, c.1787, as executed (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 46/114

Purpose

[14] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a house, c.1787, as executed

Aspect

Ground floor plan of a house with flanking links terminating in pavilions, with the roofs of the adjoining offices. The main house has a porte-cochere to the front, leading to a double-apsidal room, followed by the principal staircase, and a room to the rear with a canted bay and external steps. The pavilions comprise one large room with additional staircases and stores

Scale

to a scale

Inscribed

Unknown / 45 / (in pencil) Unknown / 45th

Signed and dated

c.1787
datable to c.1787

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash within a ruled border on laid paper (278x133)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison

Literature

Rowan, 1985, pp. 61-65
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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