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[1] Finished drawing for the house, c1764
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/17
Purpose
[1] Finished drawing for the house, c1764
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a four-by-nine-bay central block, with a central loggia on the principal (south) front, and with a shallow, central three-bay bow on the garden (north) front, and flanked by three-bay links, and three-by-three-bay pavilions with domestic courts beyond
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Ground Story of Buchanan House / the Seat of The Duke of Montrose (of Buchanan House / the Seat of The Duke of Montrose (in the hand of William Adam and underwritten in pencil) / Kitchen Court / Brew House / Bake House / Stair case / Larder / Larder / Passage / Scullery / Kitchen / Cooks Pantry / Area / House keepers Room / Store Room / Stewards Dining Room / Wine Cellar / Wine Cellar / Powdering room / Passage / Passage / Butlers room / Pantry / Strong Beer Cellar / Area / Place for Empty Bottles / Staircase / Closet / Servants Hall / Area / Stair case / Small Beer Cellar / Dairy / Passage / Scullery to Dairy / Wash House / Mangle room / Drying Yard and measurements given
Signed and dated
- c1764
datable to c1764
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash within a single ruled border on laid paper (1169 x 457)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly Agostino Brunias or William Hamilton, and addition to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
3
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 5
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 123
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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