Explore Collections
You are here:
CollectionsOnline
/
[1] Design for a house, 1772, unexecuted
Browse
Reference number
SM Adam volume 43/57
Purpose
[1] Design for a house, 1772, unexecuted
Aspect
Plan of the ground storey of a house, with a seven-by-two bay central block, with the central three bays projecting on both fronts, and this is flanked by links, being a single-bay on the principal front, and three-bay on the garden front, and beyond are U-shaped wings, one containing service rooms, and the other containing stables, and the central block contains domestic, reception and service rooms
Scale
bar scale of 1 1/4 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Ground Story. / for John Role Walter Esqr in Devonshire (in the hand of William Adam) / Bake house / Brew house / Wash house / Scullery to Dairy / Dairy / Butlers bed room / Butlers Pantry / Room for cleaning Knives &c. / Kitchen / Scullery / Larder / Larder / Servants Hall / Library / Hall / Back Stairs / Great Stairs / Housekeepers Room / Breakfast room / Stable / Stable / Coach house / Coach house / Stable / Stable and some measurements given
Signed and dated
- March 1772
Adelphi March 27th. 1772.
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (753 x 510)
Hand
Adam office hand, possibly William Hamilton (1, 3, 6) additions to title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Verso
5
Watermark
LVG surmounted by fleur de lis within crowned cartouche
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 3
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 122
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
If you have any further information about this object, please contact us: drawings@soane.org.uk