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[8] Design for the house and offices, 1776, unexecuted
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/82
Purpose
[8] Design for the house and offices, 1776, unexecuted
Aspect
Longitudinal section of a house and offices showing a two-and-a-half-storey, five-bay central block with a hipped roof and four chimneystacks, flanked by two-storey, three-bay links, leading to two-storey, one-bay pavilions, all above stepped foundations and a half-sunk basement which includes barrel-vaulting beneath the central block and links, and at its terminus an office court with projecting bow, and the section of the central block depicts a screened hall and full-turn stair with landings, and the eastern pavilion contains a one-and-a-half-storey kitchen
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/10 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section through the House and Offices from A to B / for Alexander Spiers Esqr near Glasgow (in the hand of William Adam) with some measurements included
Signed and dated
- 1776
datable to 1776
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (500 x 898)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam, addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
4
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 20
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 395
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 395
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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