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[1] Design for the house, 1760, executed with minor alterations
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/23
Purpose
[1] Design for the house, 1760, executed with minor alterations
Aspect
Part plan of a two-room cellar of the east range of the service court
Scale
bar scale of 1/11 inch to 1 foot
Inscribed
Compton House the Seat of Lord Willoughby de Broke (in the hand of William Adam) Beer Cellar / Wine Cellar with / Catacombs of brick / Window by which Hogsheads / are let down into the Cellars / Plan of a Wine Cellar & Small Beer Cellar / proposed under the Still Room & Washing House / to be Arched as shewed by the Plan & Section and dimensions given (verso) 2 / Number five / Lord Willoughby de Broke / Offices / 2
Signed and dated
- 1760
datable to 1760
Medium and dimensions
Pen on laid paper (519 x 330)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Robert Adam with additions to the title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 8
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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