[1] Preliminary design for a house, 1761-63, unexecuted

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  - Bowood, Calne, Wiltshire: designs for the house, offices and park buildings, for William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, 1761-71 (32)
    - Designs for the house and offices
      - Preliminary design for a house, 1761-63, unexecuted (1)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 54/7/182

Purpose

[1] Preliminary design for a house, 1761-63, unexecuted

Aspect

Rough plan of a house, with a nine- by seven-bay central block. With a central stairwell, with one screened dog-leg staircase, and one screened curved staircase. Beyond the stairwell is a drawing room with apses on three sides. There is a three-bay portico on the garden front, three-bay canted bows on each side, and a five-bay portico on the principal front, with paired external stairs. The central block is flanked by one-bay links, and pavilions with apsidal ends on the principal and garden fronts

Scale

not to scale

Inscribed

Lord Shelburne / Closet / Lady / Bed Rm / Music / Dress / Drawing / Hall / Eating Room

Signed and dated

1761-1763
date range: 1761-63

Medium and dimensions

Pencil on laid paper (160 x 141)

Hand

Robert Adam

Level

Drawing

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