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Reference number

SM Adam volume 43/36

Purpose

[2] Design for an unknown house, 1775, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the principal (first) storey of a house as Adam volume 43/35, but with the central three recessed bays on the principal front of the central block containing an entrance, behind a single-bay portico, and accessed by a tapering staircase, and containing reception and domestic rooms in the central block and right-hand wing, stables in the left-hand link and pavilion, and service rooms in the left-hand pavilion

Scale

bar scale of 3/4 inch to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Principal Story of a House for William / James / Alexander Esqr / Court / Coach House / Coach House / Coach House / Coach House / Stables / Stables / Stable / Drawing Room / Great Stair / Anti Room or Common Parlor / Hall / Eating Room / Passage / Dressing Room or Study / Passage / W: Closet / Beaufet Room / Powderg Room / Kitchen Continued / Servants Bed Room / Laundry / Room for Linnen / Court / Privy and some measurements given, and some rough calculations in pencil (verso) 4

Signed and dated

  • 1775
    Adelphi 8th. March 1775

Medium and dimensions

Pen and pencil on laid paper (648 x 496)

Hand

Adam office hand, either Joseph Bonomi or Robert Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 52
King, 2001, Volume II, p. 135
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

Level

Drawing

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