[15] Finished drawing for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Eaton Hall, Cheshire, unexecuted designs for a menagerie and banqueting house, and for alterations and additions to the house for Baron Grosvenor (later 1st Earl Grosvenor), c1766-68 (19)
    - Designs and finished drawings for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted (6)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/90

Purpose

[15] Finished drawing for adding wings, links and an entrance loggia to the house, c1768, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the principal storey of a nine-bay central block. On the west front the central block is flanked on either side (north and south) by a three-bay link, and a three-bay pavilion. To the east the central block is flanked on either side (north and south) by a nine-bay link wall, and an eleven- by nine-bay domestic court

Scale

bar scale of 1/20 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Storey of a New Design for Eaton Hall in Cheshire. One of the Seats of the Right Honble Lord Grosvenor / Lady Grosvenors Dressing Room / Powdering Room / Water Closet / Ladys Maids Room / Lady Grosvenors Bed Chamber / Anti Room / Ld Grosr Valit's (sic) / Ld Grosvenors Dressg Room / Powdering Room / Staircase / Great Dining Room / Saloon / Hall / 1st Drawing Room / Staircase / Bed Chamber / Dressing Room / 2d Drawing Room / 3d Drawing Room / Court / Area / Brew House / Bake House / Poultry / Poultry / Carpenters Shop / Slaughter House / Malt House / Horse Mill / Carpenters Shop / Wood / Coals / Area / Stable / Stable / Coach House / Coach House / Stable / Stable / Stable / Stable / Court and some dimensions given (verso) Lord Grosvenor

Signed and dated

1768
datable to 1768

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (757 x 474)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi

Watermark

JVILLEDARY LVG and a fleur-de-lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 10
King, 1992, Volume II, p. 124
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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