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

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/92

Purpose

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

Aspect

Principal (first) floor plan comprising a rectangular house with flanking L-shaped wings, to which only the protruding parts form a principal floor. The house has a principal staircase, lobby, and small room to the front, with two larger rooms to the rear, each with chimneypieces. The wings have two large rooms at each end with a staircase and smaller room in the centre. Only one wing has chimneypieces in, at each end of the building

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Principal Story of a House for – Gordon Esq^r / Drawing Room

Signed and dated

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

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil within a double-ruled border on laid paper (702x364)

Hand

Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton or Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

LVG surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche / IHS VILLEDARY

Literature

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

Level

Drawing

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