Explore Collections Explore The Collections
You are here: CollectionsOnline  /  [1] Finished alternative drawing for the house by an unknown architect, N.D., unexecuted

Browse

  • image SM Adam volume 39/43
Use of images and copyright
Enlarge this Image
Print this image in A4 view  (icon indicating printer link)

Reference number

SM Adam volume 39/43

Purpose

[1] Finished alternative drawing for the house by an unknown architect, N.D., unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the principal (ground) storey of a central block with a nine-bay principal (south-west) front, and a seven-bay garden (north-east) front, and five bays deep, with a projecting perron across the central three bays on the principal front, and a canted bay across the central three bays on the garden front, behind which is an octagonal room. The central block is flanked by five-bay colonnaded link walls enclosing courtyards, and seven- by five-bay pavilions, each with a central courtyard, one of which is a stables, and the other a domestic court

Scale

bar scale of 1/2 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

The Ground plan of Offices _ 10 feet high / North West / North East / South East / South West / 1 / A / A / B / B / B / B / B / C / D / 2 / E / E / E / E / E / F / G / H / 3 / J / J / D / K / L / M / N / O / P / Q / R / S / T / 4 / U / W / X / Y / Z / & / A. is a Coal house / B. are Stables for 23 horses / C. a sadle house / D. a Water Closet / E. are Vaults for Beer + Wine / F. is the butlers pantry / G. Servants waiting room / H. Stewards Parlor / J. Covered way to offices / K. is the Kitchen / L. Scullery / M. Pantry / N. Larder / O. Wash House / P. Dairy / Q. Milk room / R. meal house / S. Bake house / T. porters Lodge / U. Brew house / W. Laundry / X. Servants Hall / Y. office for powering &c / Z. Housekeepers store room / & Closet to ditto / No 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 are Courts

Signed and dated

  • N.D.

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (539 x 241)

Hand

Unknown eighteenth-century architect

Watermark

LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 125
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

Digitisation of the Drawings Collection has been made possible through the generosity of the Leon Levy Foundation

If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk