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[3] Design for the ground storey of the house, c1784
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Reference number
SM Adam volume 32/81
Purpose
[3] Design for the ground storey of the house, c1784
Aspect
Plan of a five-by-five-bay building, with square corner turrets, and with a projecting three-bay kitchen to the north. The proposed alterations create a square formation from an L-plan building, with an additional wing to the north-east containing service rooms, and additional rear corner turrets, to the west and east, containing a scullery and a butler’s pantry. The kitchen to the rear is accessed from the main block via a covered passage
Scale
bar scale of 1 inch to 10 feet
Inscribed
Plan of the Parlor Story of Blackadder House with the proposed Alteration[s] (cropped) and Additions. The seat of Alexander Boswall Esqr. / N.B The part shadowed Black show the proposed Additions & Alterations / A / B / kitchen / Pantry / Staircase / Scullery / Coverd Passage / Servants Hall / Upper Man Servants room / Butlers Pantry / Passage / Passage / Principal Staircase / Lobby / Back Stairs / House Keepers room / Strong room / Study / Hall / Eating Parlor / Sideboard / Closet / Buffet room and some dimensions given
Signed and dated
- c1784
c1784
Medium and dimensions
Pen and pencil on laid paper (295 x 418)
Hand
Possibly
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Office hand, possibly Robert Morison
Watermark
JWHATMAN
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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