[8] Design for farm offices, c1767, unexecuted

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Robert and James Adam office drawings
- Country houses
  - Wonersh Park, near Guildford, Surrey: unexecuted designs for interior decoration, and for stables and farm offices, for Sir Fletcher Norton (later Baron Grantley of Markenfield), 1767 (9)
    - Designs for farm offices, c1767, unexecuted (3)

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 42/115

Purpose

[8] Design for farm offices, c1767, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the first storey of a court of offices as Adam volume 42/114, but the central gate on the principal front does not extend to this register, and the ranges and coach houses of Adam volume 42/114 are surmounted by granaries in this upper register

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Second Story of Farm Offices of Sir Fletcher Norton Bart / at Wonersh (of Sir Fletcher Norton Bart / at Wonersh in the hand of William Adam) / Barn Continued / Barn Continued / Grainery / Grainery / Grainery / Harness Room / Grainery / Grainery / Harness Room / Grainery / Grainery / Grainery and measurements given

Signed and dated

c1767
datable to c1767

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (657 x 505)

Hand

Adam office hand, with addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Verso

3 / Number 26 (in red pen) / Offices for Sir Fletcher Norton Bt at Wonersh

Watermark

D&CBLAUW

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 31
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 204
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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