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[9] Finished drawing for the house, date range: 1762-80, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 41/14
Purpose
[9] Finished drawing for the house, date range: 1762-80, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of a five- by five-bay central block, with the top of a three-bay loggia on the principal front, reached by curved external stairs, and with a three-bay bow on the garden front, and containing an oval staircase, and flanked by the links, the tops of which can be seen in this plan, and five-by-five bay U-shaped pavilions containing domestic and servants' rooms
Scale
bar scale of 3/5 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of Eyton House the Seat of the Earl of Bath (the seat of the Earl of Bute in the hand of William Adam) / Servants Bed room / Servants Bed Room / Hay Loft / Passage / Hay Loft / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed room / Hay Loft / Passage / Hay Loft / Servants Bed Room / Servants Bed room / Library / Anti Room / Servants Bed Room / My Lords Bed Chamber / My Lords Dressing room / Drawing room / Dining Room / Great Stairs / Hall / Eating Parlour / Cooks Bed Room / Kitchen Continued / Laundry / Servants Bed room / Brew house Continued / Servants Bed room / Bed Chamber / Bed Chamber / Bed room and measurements given
Signed and dated
- 1762-1780
date range: 1762-80
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (652 x 466)
Hand
Adam office hand, with additions to inscriptions in the hand of William Adam
Verso
5
Watermark
PVL
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 13
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
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
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