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[10] Design for the house, c1784
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/80
Purpose
[10] Design for the house, c1784
Aspect
Axial section of a four-storey building with an irregular roof line, flanked by three-storey turrets surmounted by a stepped dome and a finial. There is a basement storey with a central staircase that extends to the second storey, with an additional curved staircase leading to the attic storey. To the west there is a further dog-legged staircase which extends from the ground storey to the second storey
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Section from A to B as mark’d on the Plans of Blackadder House / (and in the hand of William Adam) the seat of Alear Boswell Esqr and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen, pencil and coloured washes including Naples yellow and pink on laid paper (441 x 289)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
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
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