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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

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 29
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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