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[4] Design for kitchen offices, 1779, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 37/100
Purpose
[4] Design for kitchen offices, 1779, unexecuted
Aspect
Elevation of a two-storey crenellated office wing with a central chimney stack; with an octagonal central block with a single-storey, single-bay square projection on every other side; and between these projecting bays the central block has a tripartite window on the ground storey and a Diocletian window above
Scale
bar scale of ¾ inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Front of Offices for Colonel St. Paul (verso) 4 / 2 / Colonel St Paul
Signed and dated
- 23/04/1779
Adelphi / 23d. April 1779
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (305 x 239)
Hand
Adam office hand, probably Robert Adam
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 57
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 246
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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