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[2] Design for the principal floor of a house, 1780, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 48/72
Purpose
[2] Design for the principal floor of a house, 1780, unexecuted
Aspect
Principal (ground) floor plan of a quadrangular house with a porte-cochere to the front, and bowed balcony to the rear. The principal rooms are arranged around a central, circular, principal staircase with an additional stair to the front of the house. Rooms include a drawing room, eating room, anti-room, powdering room, hall and butler’s pantry
Scale
bar scale of 2 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of Stanage House in Radnorshire for Thomas Johnes Esq.r Jun.r / Hall / Powdering room / Drawing room / Anti room / Eating room / Butlers Pantry (all underwritten in pencil) with some room dimensions and calculations / (verso) No 7 / No 7
Signed and dated
- 20/3/1780
Adelphi / 20 March 1780 –
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (617x480)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Morison
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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