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  • image SM Adam volume 45/91

Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/91

Purpose

[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, c.1772-73, executed to a variant design

Aspect

Ground plan comprising a rectangular house with flanking L-shaped wings and enclosed yards. The house comprises a central hall with a principal staircase to the side, and a dressing room and parlour to the rear. The rooms in the flanking wings include a servants’ hall, larder, powdering room, pantry, dairy, scullery, kitchen, brew house, wash house and stables

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Parlour Story of a House for – Gordon Esqr / (in a different hand) Stable Yard / Stable / Brew House / Scullery to Brew / House / Dairy / Pantry / Mr Gordons Dressing / Room / House Keepers / Room / Hall / Parlour / Powdering / Room / Great / Coats &c / Servt Hall / Larder / Larder / Kitchen / Cooks Bed / Room / Wash House / & Laundry / Drying Yard &c with some room dimensions

Signed and dated

  • c.1772-73
    datable to c.1772-73

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (651x359)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Literature

Bolton, 1922, p. 54
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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