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[1] Design for the house, c1767
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Reference number
SM Adam volumes 50/75
Purpose
[1] Design for the house, c1767
Aspect
Plan of the principal storey of a house with a thirteen-bay central block, with an imperial staircase on the central axis, and a tapering staircase to the front and rear, and with the end three bays slightly recessed on one front, and dramatically recessed on the other, and the central block contains reception, domestic and service rooms, and the central block is flanked by narrower four-bay wings, one containing a brew house, and the other a scullery and coach house
Scale
bar scale of 1 2/5 inches to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Principal Story of a House at Layton in Essex belonging to Thomas Oliver Esqr (feintly underwritten in pencil) / Brew House / Drawing Room / Dining Room / Anti Room / Hall / Dressing Room / Parlour / Butlers Pantry / Kitchen / Servants Hall / Scullery / Coach House and measurements given in pen and pencil
Signed and dated
- c1767
datable to c1767
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper (593 x 399)
Hand
Adam office hand
Watermark
D&CBLAUW
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 41
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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