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[1] Design for the ground floor of a house, c.1772-73, executed to a variant design
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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
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 54
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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