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[1] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a house, 1787, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 36/98
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for the ground floor of a house, 1787, unexecuted
Aspect
Ground plan of a rectangular house comprising a central staircase with a double-apsidal hall to the front and a central three-bay bow to the rear, flanked by a servants’ hall, and housekeeper’s room, with flanking quadrant links terminating in pavilions with oval-shaped enclosed courts. The links and pavilions have service rooms including a scullery, wash house, larder, water closets, pantry and kitchen, as well as staircases, and the courts have stores for wood, coals, ashes and for feeding fowls, enclosed by screens of columns
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of a house for William Douglass[sic] Esqr near Newton Stewart Galloway / North / East / South / West / Feeding fowls / Wood / Coals / Linnen / Closets / Wash house & Laundry / Passage / Closet / Servants Hall / Butlers room / staircase / Hall / Closet / Housekeepers room / Passage / Corridor / Scullery / Kitchen / Larder / Pantry / Wood / Ashes /Coals with some room dimensions / (verso) 5 / 5
Signed and dated
- 1787
Robt. Adam Architect 1787.
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a double-ruled border on laid paper (713x371)
Hand
Possibly
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
J Whatman / W surmounted by a fleur de lis within a crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, p. 24
King, 2001, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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