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[2] Alternative design for the house, c1786, partly executed
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- Robert and James Adam office drawings
Reference number
SM Adam volume 34/105
Purpose
[2] Alternative design for the house, c1786, partly executed
Aspect
Above - Elevation of a two-and-a-half storey, three-bay house as Adam volume 34/104. This is flanked by single-storey, single-bay link buildings, with niches containing urns. Beyond this there are projecting one-and-a-half-storey pavilions, each surmounted by a weather vane, and with a central pedimented window, set behind a Doric screen. This is surmounted by a tripartite, half-height window in the upper register. The pavilions are flanked by single bays, each with a niche containing urns
Below - Plan of a three-by-one-bay house, as Adam volume 34/104. This is flanked by adjoining wings. The wing to the east contains a drawing room formed from a central square space with corner niches, and with windows facing to the north and south. The wing to the west contains a central, square bedchamber, with windows facing to north and south. This is flanked by rectangular spaces, containing a staircase and water closet to the east of the bedchamber, and a dressing room and closet to the west
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Lord Delavals House in the Country (in the hand of William Adam) / 106 (pencil, modern curatorial hand) / Drawing room center part 20 ft whole length 40 ft / Anti room / Breakfast room / Eating room / Bed Chamber / Dressing room / Closet
Signed and dated
- c1786
c1786
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (490 x 259)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison, with title inscription in the hand of William Adam
Watermark
PORTAL & BRIDGES
Literature
Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 53
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 139
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
King, 2001, Volume I, p. 139
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.
Level
Drawing
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