[4] Design for a villa, 1775, built to a modified and enlarged design

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - St John's Lodge, Welwyn, Hertfordshire: designs for a villa, executed to a modified and enlarged design, and a mirror frame for Mrs Mary St John, 1775-78 (8)
    - Preliminary designs and designs for a villa, 1775, built to a modified and enlarged design (7)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 45/20

Purpose

[4] Design for a villa, 1775, built to a modified and enlarged design

Aspect

Plan of the principal (ground) storey of a three-bay villa with two projecting bows on each side, and a central staircase encircled by various service and reception rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1/5 inch to 1 foot

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of a house for Mrs St John / at Wellwyn in Hertfordshire (in the hand of William Adam) / Servants Hall / Larder / Scullery / Kitchen / Butler's Pantry / Great Staircase / Store Room / Eating Room / Hall / Drawing Room and dimensions given (verso) 4

Signed and dated

August 1775
Adelphi Augst 4t 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and wash within a double ruled border on laid paper (355 x 447)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi, with additions to the inscription in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

IHS and IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 30
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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