[1] Design for a house, c1790, unexecuted

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    - Piccadilly at Hyde Park Corner, number unknown, London: unexecuted designs for a house for the 7th Earl of Barrymore, c1790 (5)
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Reference number

SM Adam volume 32/107

Purpose

[1] Design for a house, c1790, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the ground (subterranean) storey of a three-bay terraced house, with a central entrance, and an oval wine cellar at the centre, and a three-bay bow at the rear, and with subterranean vaults at the front, and larders at the rear, and containing service rooms

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Lord Barrymores House Piccadilly (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) Plan of the Ground Story / Larder / Larder / Scullery / Kitchen / Pantry / Stairs / Butlers Room / Passage / Wine Cellar / Housekeepers Room / Servants Hall / Area / Vault / Vault / Vault and some measurements given

Signed and dated

c1790
datable to c1790

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (267 x 480)

Hand

Adam office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscriptions in the hand of William Adam

Watermark

IIHS IVILLEDARY

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 32
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 130
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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